NEWS
- 04/10/2017: NY to provide counsel for all detained immigrants facing deportation >>
- 04/05/2017: Iowa enacts law separating GAL and attorney roles for children in custody cases >>
- 04/04/2017: Arkansas parents entitled to counsel at emergency child welfare hearing >>
- 04/10/2017: NY to provide counsel for all detained immigrants facing deportation >>
- 04/05/2017: Iowa enacts law separating GAL and attorney roles for children in custody cases >>
- 04/04/2017: Arkansas parents entitled to counsel at emergency child welfare hearing >>
- 03/28/2017: PA Supreme Court: children have right to counsel in termination proceedings >>
- 03/23/2017: New Utah law guarantees counsel for criminal debt collection >>
- 03/20/2017: Everything about the Philly City Council resolution for housing right to counsel hearings >>
- 03/02/2017: Articles, studies make case for right to counsel in debt cases >>
INTERACTIVE MAP
Our interactive map allows you to see recent activity, established rights to counsel, NCCRC involvement, and NCCRC presence by state.
Did you know...
The National Center for State Courts found that three-quarters of all civil cases involve at least one unrepresented party? As The Lawyerist astutely observed, “This isn’t a [justice] gap. It’s a chasm.”
About
The NCCRC works towards recognition of a right to counsel for indigent litigants in civil cases involving basic human needs such as housing, health, domestic violence, and child custody. The 2016 Annual Report of the Public Justice Center (our host organization) discusses the NCCRC.
Bibliographies
Want to find out about practically everything (media story, study/report, law review article, etc.) that's ever been written about the civil right to counsel? You'll find it in our bibliographies.