Activists Push for Right to Counsel in US Civil Cases

People who are charged with crimes in the United States have a constitutional right to have an attorney provided to them by the government, if they can not afford one on their own. Legal advocates for the poor also want that right expanded to low-income people caught in non-criminal - or civil - cases.

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• civil court
• self representing litigant
• civil right to counsel
• Maryland Legal Aid
• Self Help Center Glen Burnie
• Patricia Chochran
• Debra Gardner