Ensuring individuals have a right to effective counsel when facing the loss of their basic human needs in the civil legal system.
Osteen v. Henley, 13 F.3d 221 (7th Cir. 1993).
The NCCRC works to advance the right to counsel for low-income people in civil cases involving basic human needs, such as housing, health, domestic violence, civil incarceration, and child custody.
