Practical Legal Education and Access to Justice: Problems That Can Help Solve Each Other

by RICH CASSIDY on NOVEMBER 28, 2011 The point of this series of posts is simply this. We have a huge access to justice problem. We also have a serious problem with legal education: it simply doesn’t actually prepare students Read More …

ABA Resolutions Intended To Adopt Civil Gideon Are Too Narrow.

by RICH CASSIDY on SEPTEMBER 9, 2010 In Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S.335 (1963), the United States Supreme Court held the 6th and 14th Amendments to the United States Constitution require that defendants in serious criminal cases be afforded representation Read More …

David Boies Addresses the Rule of Law at ABA Opening Ceremony of 2010 Annual Meeting

by RICH CASSIDY on AUGUST 15, 2010 Most lawyers who regularly attend the ABA Annual Meeting skip the so-called “Opening Ceremony.” In fact, I must admit that before I became a member of the ABA Board of Governors, I skipped Read More …