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Policy Panel: Addressing Barriers to Access to Counsel in Criminal Courts

Thu, Nov 17, 8:00 to 9:20am, Hilton, Quarterdeck C, Riverside Complex

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract

Nothing in the jurisprudence of the Sixth Amendment stipulates how or when the guarantee of counsel for criminal defendants must be fulfilled. Historic variability in funding for provision of counsel, among other things, has resulted in a patchwork of systems across the nation. Some of these systems impose delays in the appointment of counsel, or incorporate stringent procedures for determining eligibility for assignment that represent barriers between defendants and their lawyers. The papers in this panel present new research on what we know about barriers to access to counsel, and policy innovations in two states which seek to make the process of assignment itself fairer and faster.

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