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64 Syracuse L. Rev. 357 (2014)
Civil Right to Counsel: The Continuing Evolution of a Movement

handle is hein.journals/syrlr64 and id is 385 raw text is: CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL: THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF A MOVEMENT Mary Helen McNealt CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........................................... ...... 357 I. THE ROLE OF THE ORGANIZED BAR IN PROMOTING A CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL .............................................. 360 II. PLOT PROJECTS EXAMINE THE ROLE OF ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL................................................ 362 III. THE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND STANDARDS IN ADVANCING A CIVIL RIGHT TO COUNSEL ...................... 364 CONCLUSION.................................................... 366 INTRODUCTION The New York State Bar Association's (NYSBA) October 2013 symposium marking the 50th anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright advocated for a civil right to counsel in cases where basic human needs are at stake. This webcast, broadcast to all New York law schools, brought together law students, advocates, and bar leaders to hear from national experts and to discuss this issue with local advocates. In many respects, this event seems rather ordinary, like other bar programs designed to draw attention to a particular issue. Yet what is remarkable is that the idea of a civil right to counsel, while long- debated, has garnered the enthusiastic support of bar associations, judges, practitioners, lay advocates, and scholars alike. In a relatively short ten-year period, the National Coalition for a Civil Right to Counsel (National Coalition), an organization devoted to ensuring meaningful access to the courts, has organized, motivated, and coordinated litigation, legislation, pilot projects, judicial initiatives, empirical research, and scholarship, all designed to advance the right to civil counsel.' In the words of New York Chief Judge Jonathan t Professor, Syracuse University College of Law; J.D., University of Maryland; B.A., Georgetown University. 1. Formed in 2004, the organization is comprised of 240 participants from 35 states. John Pollock, Coordinator and Staff Attorney at the Public Justice Center in Baltimore, Maryland, spearheads the National Coalition's work supported by a Steering Committee composed of private attorneys, legal services lawyers, academics, and other advocates. For more information about the Coalition, see Coalition Basics, NAT'L COAL. FOR A CIVIL RIGHT

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