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Access To Justice: Ensuring Meaningful Access To Counsel In Civil Cases, Human Rights Clinic
Access To Justice: Ensuring Meaningful Access To Counsel In Civil Cases, Human Rights Clinic
Human Rights Institute
Legal representation is fundamental to safeguarding fair, equal, and meaningful ac- cess to the legal system. Yet, in the United States, millions of people who are poor or low-income are unable to obtain legal representation when facing a crisis such as eviction, foreclosure, domestic violence, workplace discrimination, termination of subsistence income or medical assistance, and loss of child custody. Indeed, only a small fraction of the legal problems experienced by low-income and poor people living in the United States – less than one in five – are addressed with the assistance of legal representation. A categorical right to counsel in …