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Civil Right to Counsel's Relationship to Antipoverty Advocacy--Further Reflections
Gary F. Smith suggests in the May-June issue of Clearinghouse Review that,
inspired by the life of Sargent Shriver, the legal aid community should
reclaim the original mission of legal services to challenge the
conditions that cause poverty rather than promoting “equal access” to
justice and the legal system. But these goals are not contradictory. To
the contrary, adopting a civil right to counsel in cases affecting basic
human needs, with the nature of the right shaped by local communities
and advocates, would help achieve Shriver’s vision for legal services.
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Related Articles
- Kevin G. Baker & Julia R. Wilson, Stepping Across the Threshold: Assembly Bill 590 Boosts Legislative Strategies for Expanding Access to Civil Counsel (March-April 2010)
- John Pollock, Lassiter Notwithstanding: The Right to Counsel in Foreclosure Actions and Going Public: The State Action Requirement of Due Process in Foreclosure Litigation (Jan.-Feb. 2010)
- Paul Marvy, Advocacy for a Civil Right to Counsel: An Update (March-April 2008)
- A Right to a Lawyer? Momentum Grows (Special Issue, July-Aug. 2006)
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