Publications
Civil Justice
Improving New York City’s Public Benefits System: A Key Role for Help Desks
This Brennan Center Strategic Fund Policy Proposal sets forth the observations of advocates and of public benefits clients, as conveyed to the Brennan Center in interviews and focus groups that we conducted in 2007. We describe a variety of ways in which help desks can substantially improve the public benefits system and the lives of many New Yorkers. It is time for the City to remove its ban on help desks.
Authored by: David Pedulla
– 02/24/08
Access to Justice: Opening the Courthouse Door
Our nation’s promise of “equal justice for all” is among its proudest traditions. In this paper, the authors offerer a series of proposals to bridge the gap between the lofty promise of equal justice and the often disappointing reality of justice on the ground.
Authored by: David Udell & Rebekah Diller
– 04/16/07
Results from Three Surveys of Tenants Facing Eviction in New York City Housing Court
More than two-thirds of tenants facing eviction in New York City Housing Court have no legal representation when they go before the court.
Authored by: Laura K. Abel and Kira Krenichyn, Ph.D.
– 02/14/07
Preserving Aliens’ and Migrant Workers’ Access to Civil Legal Services
Authored by: Laura K. Abel & Risa E. Kaufman
– 04/01/03
Struggling to Meet the Need: Communities Confront Gaps in Federal Legal Aid
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 03/01/03
Hidden Agendas: What Is Really Behind Attacks on Legal Aid Lawyers
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 01/01/01
Left Out in the Cold: How Clients Are Affected By Restrictions on Their Legal Services Lawyers
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 06/01/00
Bearing Witness: Legal Services Clients Tell Their Stories
Authored by: Brennan Center
– 05/01/00
What Welfare Reform Did to Them And Why Legal Services Is Needed To Help
Authored by: Karyn Rotker
– 03/06/00