Mission Statement
PBA and Other Resolutions and Recommendation on Pro Bono
Gideon’s New Trumpet: Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel in Massachusetts, September 2008
Gideon’s New Trumpet: Detailed Description Memo
Gideon’s New Trumpet: Appendices
‘Pro Bono: A Case for Judicial Intervention’ In April 2009 PBA Quarterly
Philadelphia Judge Anne Lazarus writes on how the judiciary can help bridge the “justice gap” in America in the April 2009 issue of the PBA Quarterly. Click here (requires PBA member login) to read the article.
Philadelphia Bar Association Board Approves 'Civil Gideon' Resolution, April 30, 2009
The Philadelphia Bar Association Board of Governors has approved a resolution calling for provision of legal counsel for indigent persons in civil matters involving basic human needs. Read the resolution.
"(Penny) wise justice for California," Los Angeles Times Editorial, Sept. 25, 2009
"A Key Legal Right at Risk," by former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, Washington Post, March 10, 2009
California Right to Counsel Pilot Legislation Introduced, Feb. 25, 2009
American Bar Association Section of Litigation Symposium Addresses Civil Right to Counsel, Dec. 4-5, 2008
Tennessee High Court Calls On Attorneys to Step Up In Effort to Ease Burdens On Legal Aid System, December 2008
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Editorial of Nov. 24, 2008: "Has Gideon's time arrived … again?"
"Suits, Legislation Over a Civil Right to Counsel Grow Across U.S.," National Law Journal Article, Sept. 19, 2008
Boston Bar Releases Plan to Expand Right to Counsel in Civil Cases, Sept. 2, 2008
Alaska Bar Association Pro Bono Committee Resolution in Support of Recognizing a Right to Counsel for Indigent Individuals in Certain Civil Cases, September 2008
"Advocacy for a Civil Right to Counsel: An Update," by Paul Marvy, Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, March-April 2008
Bob Racunas, executive director of Pittsburgh-based Neighborhood Legal Services Association, on the "Need for Equal Justice," Pitt Law Magazine, Spring 2008 (posted with permission from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law)
Access to Justice: Opening the Courthouse Door (A Brennan Center Report)
Chapter 14 (Donald Marritz Article)
Civil Right to Counsel (Brennan Center Overview)
Civil Right to Counsel Resolution Presented to the PBA House of Delegates, Nov. 30, 2007 (By Michael Greco)
Model Legislation Developed by California Commission
Reform in Delivery of Civil Legal Aid (comment, Jim Loewer)
Resolution to Cosponsor Report/Recommendations of the ABA Task Force on Access to Justice in Civil Cases
Right to Counsel in Civil Cases (Clearinghouse REVIEW Journal of Poverty Law and Policy, July-August 2006)
State Statutes Providing Right to Counsel as of 2006
Civil Legal Representation Project: Executive Summary, June 2003
Civil Legal Representation Project: Final Evaluation Report, June 2003
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