Publications
Justice
Facing Foreclosure Alone: The Continuing Crisis in Legal Representation
Recent data from state court systems show that a vast majority of homeowners facing foreclosure do not have a lawyer.
Authored by: Nabanita Pal
– 11/04/11
Democracy & Justice: Collected Writings, Vol. IV
This volume is a sample of the Brennan Center’s work on all fronts in the fight for democracy and justice in 2010.
Authored by: The Brennan Center for Justice
– 02/28/11
Criminal Justice Debt: A Barrier to Reentry
Cash-strapped states have increasingly turned to user fees to fund their criminal justice systems, as well as to provide general budgetary support. States now charge defendants for everything from probation supervision, to jail stays, to the use of a constitutionally-required public defender. Every stage of the criminal justice process, it seems, has become ripe for a surcharge.
Authored by: Alicia Bannon, Mitali Nagrecha, Rebekah Diller
– 10/04/10
Community Oriented Defense: Stronger Public Defenders
Authored by: Melanca Clark & Emily Savner
– 07/21/10
Racial Disparities in Federal Prosecutions
Authored by: Brennan Center for Justice & the National Institute on Law and Equity
– 04/14/10
The Hidden Costs of Florida’s Criminal Justice Fees
Authored by: Rebekah Diller
– 03/23/10
Foreclosures: A Crisis in Legal Representation
This report discusses the foreclosure crisis in terms of the larger crisis of the poor’s lack of access to civil legal representation. Anecdotal and empirical evidence show that in the areas hardest hit by foreclosures, Americans are not getting the legal help they need. The report highlights the many ways lawyers can help save families’ homes from foreclosure and recommends various policy steps to be taken on the national and state levels to increase access to attorneys for the most vulnerable.
Authored by: Melanca Clark with Maggie Barron
– 10/06/09
Judge Sotomayor’s Record in Constitutional Cases
This report uses measures for testing judicial activism and deference developed by academics in recent years to analyze Judge Sotomayor’s decisionmaking and compared her record to that of her colleagues on the Second Circuit.
Authored by: Monica Youn
Foreword by Professor Burt Neuborne
– 07/09/09
Language Access in State Courts
This report outlines the legal obligations of state courts regarding the provision of interpreters for litigants with limited English proficiency, aggregates information on how states are meeting these obligations and provides guidelines for state courts' language access programs.
Authored by: Laura Abel
– 07/04/09
Supreme Court Adjudication and the Qualifications of Supreme Court Nominees
Authored by: Sidney S. Rosdeitcher
– 07/02/09