Ensuring individuals have a right to effective counsel when facing the loss of their basic human needs in the civil legal system.
U.S. v. Cerda-Pena, 799 F.2d 1374 (9th Cir. 1986).
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.
