Is it time for an inquisitorial legal system? How about a redesigned “lawyer-less” court? This isn’t the wild west of the legal world, but rather a lively discussion among three access to justice advocates on the merits–or rather shortcomings–of a push for a civil right to counsel and possible alternatives to closing the access to justice gap. Join Law Professor Benjamin Barton (University of Tennessee), The Honorable Stephanos Bibas of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and our own A2J Lab director and Harvard Law School Professor Jim Greiner in this week’s Proof Over Precedent episode.
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Speakers:
- Jim Greiner, Honorable S. William Green Professor of Public Law at Harvard Law School; Faculty Director of the Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School
- Benjamin Barton, Helen and Charles Lockett Distinguished Professor of Law, Winston College of Law, University of Tennessee Knoxville
- The Honorable Stephanos Bibas, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Resources mentioned:
- Civil Gideon
- “Triaging Appointed Counsel Funding and Pro Se Access to Justice”, Pennsylvania Law Review (2012)
- “It’s Not Triage if the Patient Bleeds Out“, Pennsylvania Law Review (2013)
- Barton, Benjamin H., “Against Civil Gideon (and for Pro Se Court Reform)“, Scholarly Works (2010)
- Benjamin H. Barton & Stephanos Bibas, Rebooting Justice
- Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
- Turner v. Rogers (2011)
- Vitek v. Jones (1980)
- Lassiter v. Department of Social Svcs. (1981)
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