Category Archives: Access to Counsel

US Brief in Civil Gideon Child Support Contempt Case — Interesting Position

Posted on January 19, 2011 by richardzorza

The US Justice Department has filed an amicus brief in a civil Gideon case, albeit one dealing with a risk of incarceration, supporting reversal.  The case comes out of South Carolina, and involves one put in civil contempt for failing … Continue reading →

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Maryland Access to Justice Commission Civil Right to Counsel Implementation Analysis includes Mixed Model and Cost Estimate

Posted on January 18, 2011 by richardzorza

Good for the Maryland Access to Justice Commission! Their very interesting and innovative Implementing a Civil Right to Counsel in Maryland has several important features worthy of emulation. First, it proposes a “mixed model,” which means that services would be … Continue reading →

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Our First NewsMaker Interview — Harvard’s Jim Greiner on Study of Impact of Offers of Representation by Students at Unemployment Hearings

Posted on January 14, 2011 by richardzorza

Note: This our first “NewsMaker Interview,” designed to go under the surface of important developments in access to justice.  Readers of this blog are encouraged to suggest future interviewees and topics. Jim Greiner and Cassandra Wolos Pattanayak’s draft article, What … Continue reading →

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Important Research on Impact of Legal Assistance Now Available in Draft

Posted on January 5, 2011 by richardzorza

Jim Greiner at Harvard Law School is deeply committed to what he calls “gold standard” research on access to justice.  By this term he means truly randomized studies in which it is possible to compare two otherwise equal groups, the … Continue reading →

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An Idea on How to Calculate the Cost of Full Access to Justice to the Courts

Posted on December 24, 2010 by richardzorza

There has always been a methodological problem in estimating the costs of access to justice.  While the needs studies give us a count of how many people are in need of access services, we never know how much they need.  … Continue reading →

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