"To Promote Jurisprudential Understanding of the Law": The Civil Right to Counsel in Washington State

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The Committee for Indigent Representation and Civil Legal Equality (Circle), formed out of the Washington State Access to Justice Board, seeks to establish a civil right to counsel for indigent persons in the state. Circle asserts that in civil cases in Washington courts indigent litigants have the right to a competent attorney’s legal representation at public expense.

By Paul Marvy From July-August 2006