Law Practice
Oct. 1, 2009
'Equal Justice For All' Requires Access For All
Mitchell Kamin and David Lash sound the trumpet, seeking passage of the Sargent Shriver Civil Counsel Pilot Program, A.B. 590.
David A. Lash
Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Services
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
The opinions expressed here are his own.
LEGAL SERVICES
By Mitchell Kamin and David LashGideon's trumpet is sounding again. This reference, of course, is to the Biblical Gideon, who ordered his small forces to attack the much larger enemy camp and, with trumpets blowing, created a cacophony that caused a stronger foe to tremble, and thus evened a previously lopsided battlefield. In modern times, the U.S. Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright leveled the criminal justic...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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