Civil RTC News
This page lists all of the most recent developments on civil right to counsel across the country. These could be newly created rights to counsel, significant publications, public events, advocacy efforts, or other things that don’t fit into a neat category.
February 12, 2024
SB226
Amending the definition of "public agency" to exclude tribal governments and entities that receive funding from fed, state, or muni. gov't; an attempt to overturn the Alaska Sup. Ct's decision in Flores v. Flores, which found that the Alaska Legal Services Corporation is a "public agency" such that the DPC of the Alaska Constitution required appointed counsel for an indigent parent in a private custody matter where the opposing parent was represented by a public agency.
