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DOJ Dear Colleague Letter on Fines and Forfeiture is Another Game Changer
As the Times reports, DOJ has issued and sent to all the state chief justices and state court administrators a Dear Colleague letter on the subject of court fines and fees. The helpful and positive...
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Council of Economic Advisors Report on Costs and Benefits of Incarceration...
When the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) speaks, the world listens. And, indeed, when the CEA issued Economic Perspectives on Incarceration and the Criminal Justice System, it was a very...
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Lisa Foster’s ATJ Commissions Meeting Speech Focuses on Big Changes
Lisa Foster’s speech at the ATJ’s Commission focus not on the usual self-congratulation, but on the encourages big changes in focus and vision. While I did not travel to Chicago for the Conference...
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Would Having Famous White Actors Re-Enact Being the Shooting Victims Help...
It is great that celebrities are being used to draw attention to the wide variety of situations in which Black people can be shot by cops in the US. But surely it would be more of an opinion changer if...
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Estimating Impact on Economic Mobility From Court Fees System
Today’s Times has a highly pertinent piece on the dramatic effect of court fees and costs on those caught in the juvenile justice system. Obviously it relates deeply to all the economic burdens that...
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More Dramatic Statistics on Representation Imbalance for Collection,...
Recently, I blogged about some numbers derived from NCSC data for representation status and imbalance. The numbers are stunning, here, and here. As I put it then: We Now Have the Data That shows That...
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Launching of National Center For Access To Justice Highlights Criminal/Civil...
The recent launch of the National Center for Access to Justice at Fordham Law School is a good illustration of the progress we are making in getting beyond the traditional and incomprehensible “wall,”...
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Cop House Lawyers Ordered In Chicago
This could be the begining of a major change. As few outside the criminal justice system know, in the US most people without resources do not get to talk to a lawyer until shortly before they see a...
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A Broader Branding Perspective for Access to Justice — Service and Change
I think it may be time to think our way through to a new and broader way we think and talk about our movement. These suggestions are based on assumptions that I list below, that are strongly supported...
View ArticleStudy Showing Greater Racial Bias By Republican Judges Has to Shatter Our...
I was getting ready to draft a rebuttal to an article from the New York Times, Would you go to a Republican Doctor, reporting a study that “knowing about people’s political beliefs did interfere with...
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