Monday, June 23, 2008

guaranteed right to counsel in civil cases

I am now at a panel about the guaranteed right to counsel in civil cases. Also known as "Civil Gideon", this movement:

"urges federal, state, and territorial governments to provide legal counsel as a matter of right at public expense to low income persons in those catergories of adversarial proceedings where basic human needs are at stake, such as those involving shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody, as determined by each jurisdiction." (From the American Bar Association Resolution on the matter passed August 7, 2006.)

Interesting to think how this may be applied in Nebraska.

Dave

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