Because the right to a lawyer doesn't count for much if nobody's willing to pay for it.

If we are to change the embarrassingly low standard of justice we currently accept for the poor, this is what we have to do.

The test of whether a person can afford a lawyer is often so extreme that even the most indigent of defendants may be deemed unworthy of counsel.

Fifty years after the Supreme Court established a person’s right to an attorney, indigent defendants are still waiting for justice.

Using a holistic model that addresses the underlying problems driving people into the criminal justice system, an organization in New York City is redefining public defense.