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.
HB1559
Changes appointment of counsel from discretionary to mandatory for indigent custodial parents or guardians in abuse and TPR matters as well as other changes, including narrowing the definition of "neglect" to exclude the failure to provide where related to financial inability
Reaction to RAND op-ed in LA Times
Our Coordinator responds to a piece in the LA Times by a RAND economist attacking the idea of a tenant right to counsel.
NY bill would guarantee counsel in all immigration removal cases
A statewide bill in NY would provide a right to counsel for both detained and non-detained immigrants in removal proceedings.
