Access to Counsel

Deconstructing the Right to Counsel

Bridging the Justice Gap: Exploring Approaches for Improving Indigent Access to Civil Counsel

The United States is among one of the only democratic industrialized nations in the world that does not provide guaranteed access to civil representation in cases involving basic human need. This leaves indigent litigants who are at risk of losing their homes or their children left to seek counsel through insufficient pro-bono programs or limited scope legal self-help centers. This thesis provi...

How to Counsel Men About PSA Screening.

Prostate cancer is the most common nonskin cancer and causes about 27,000 deaths in U.S. men each year.1 However, the only U.S. randomized trial of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening did not find a mortality benefit after 13 years of follow-up.2 Even after results from a European trial found slightly lower prostate cancer– specific (but not all-cause) mortality in screened participants, ...

Right to Counsel in Virginia Juvenile Proceedings

Resource Deprivation and the Right to Counsel