Right to Counsel & Legal Services for the Poor Here are some books, a website and student material on this topic. You might also want to check out the listing of books on due process generally. These materials are available in bookstores and libraries, with only the final student material available through the ABA. Website The National Equal Justice Library chronicles the nation's 125-year history of representing those unable to afford counsel, and educates the public about these efforts provided by legal aid and legal services lawyers, defenders and appointed counsel, and pro bono attorneys. Its website is http://nejl.wcl.american.edu. For more information, contact the Library's Curator, Danna Bell-Russel, 202/274-4420; e-mail, dbrussel@scl.american.edu. Books Bussiere, Elizabeth. (Dis)Entitling the Poor. University Park, Pa.: Penn State University Press, 1997. Cappelletti, Mauro and Garth, Bryant. Access to Justice: A World Survey. Milan: Alpeh aan den Rijn, 1978. Carter, Dan T. Scottsboro: A Tragedy of the American South. The trials of the "Scottsboro boys" were the beginning of the recognition of the right to counsel in criminal cases. Cooper, Jeremy. Public Legal Services: A Comparative Study of Policy, Politics, and Practice. London: Sweet & Maxwell, 1983. Davis, Martha F. Brutal Need: Lawyers and the Welfare Rights Movement. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1993. Handler, Joel, Hollingsworth, Ellen Jane, and Erlanger, Howard S. Lawyers and the Pursuit of Legal Rights. New York: Academic Press, 1978. Hirshkoff, Helen. The Rights of the Poor. Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press. 1997. Katz, Jack. Poor People Lawyers in Transition. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1982. Lawrence, Susan E. The Poor in Court: The Legal Services Program and Supreme Court Decision Making. Lawrenceville, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1990. Lewis, Anthony. Gideon's Trumpet. New York: Random House, 1964. Very readable classic details the legal strategies and arguments leading to landmark Supreme Court case establishing indigents' right to counsel in criminal cases. Rosenkranz, Joshua and Schwartz, Bernard, (eds.). Reason and Passion: Justice Brennan's Enduring Influence. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997. Student Material "Equal Justice Under Law" is a special issue of the ABA's magazine, Update on Law-Related Education. It examines the history and significance of the legal aid, indigent defense and pro bono movements, and compares these efforts with those in other nations. It includes a number of teaching activities as well. It is Vol. 18, No. 3, (Fall 1994). Call 1-800-285-2221 to order. Resources Home