Analysis & Commentary
Justice
Carrot and Stick Approach Needed for Homeowners in Foreclosure
Fixes to help homeowners with the foreclosure crisis: first, lifting federal restrictions on the Legal Services Corporation, and second, considering more civil counsel assistance options.
Authored by: Melanca Clark, in Roll Call
– 03/02/10
N.Y.‘s poor get the short end of the gavel: Pass a law to improve access to attorneys
NY Daily News editorial from former Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau on the Hurrell-Harring case and the inadequacy of New York State's public defender system.
Authored by: Robert Morgenthau
– 02/11/10
Community Oriented Defender Network | Winter 2010 Update
Update from the Community Oriented Defender Network on recent and upcoming activities.
– 02/05/10
Fact Sheets | Language Access Problems Among Government Bodies
Fact sheets illustrating the serious harms and deprivations of rights that result when individuals with limited English proficiency (LEP) are unable to access essential government bodies.
Authored by: National Language Access Advocates Network (N-LAAN)
– 02/02/10
Emily Berman on the Hashmi case and SAMS, on WNYC Public Radio
The U.S. Government has held student Syed Hashmi for nearly 4 years without trial in New York City. Ms. Berman talks about the case on the Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC.
– 01/07/10
Working to Persuade the FCC to Change Phone Rates for Prisoners
The Brennan Center has worked to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to lower the exorbitant phone rates charged for calls made from many prisons and jails.
– 12/04/09
Living Up To Our Constitution
Sen. Whitehouse delivered the 2009 Living Constitution Lecture on November 20, 2009 at NYU. Here are his remarks…
Authored by: Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
– 11/23/09
Attorney General Eric Holder on Indigent Defense Reform
The Hon. Eric H. Holder was the recipient of a Brennan Legacy Award on Nov. 16, 2009; his speech, transcribed here, focuses on the necessity of reforms for indigent defense, and the current state of our public defender networks in the United States.
Authored by: Eric H. Holder
– 11/17/09
Legal Aid for the Poor
Lawmakers should give the Legal Services Corp. the money and flexibility it needs . . . .
Authored by: The Washington Post, Editorial
– 11/16/09