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      	Access to Justice: Is Civil Gideon a Piece of the Puzzle article in ABA Bar Leader magazine, July-August 2008 [ more info ]
      	"Three Phases of Justice for the Poor: From Charity to Discretion to Right," Justice Earl Johnson, Jr. (ret.) Closing keynote speech at California Pathways to Justice Conference, June 2008. [ more info ]
      	Gideon’s New Trumpet: Expanding the Civil Right to Counsel in Massachusetts Report from Boston Bar Association September 2008 Includes specific proposals in housing, juvenile, family and immigration law. [ more info ]
      	State Basic Access Act Model Civil Right to Counsel Statute, drafted by California Access to Justice Commission 2/08. [ more info ]
      	"This Issue Will Not Go Away": Continuing to Seek the Right to Counsel in Civil Cases article by John Nethercut from Clearinghouse Review magazine [ 12/01/04  |  more info ]
      	Boston Bar creates "Civil Gideon" Task Force press release 9/4/07 [ more info ]
      	ABA Board of Governors Resolution Endorsing Civil Right to Counsel (July 2006) This resolution is offered to put the ABA on record in support of a defined, limited right to counsel in certain civil matters where basic human needs are at stake. These needs are defined to include shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody. [ more info ]
      	Conference of Delegates of California Bar Associations passes resolution calling for right to counsel in key civil matters, support offered by Chief Justice Ronald M. George October, 2006 [ more info ]
      	New York City Senior Citizen Civil Right to Counsel bill Bill submitted to New York City Council, November 2007 [ more info ]
      	Civil Right to Counsel Resolution enacted by ABA House of Delegates at August 2006 ABA Annual Meeting. [ more info ]
      	Access to Justice in Civil Cases: A RIght Whose TIme Has Come Interview with Boston Bar President Anthony Doniger, from Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, August 2007 [ more info ]