The Law Center highlights the continuing crisis in indigent criminal defense, 50 years after the US Supreme Court decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, by honoring Jonathan Rapping as the 2013 Distinguished Public Interest Lawyer in Residence from Wednesday-Thursday, October 9-10. …


True Believers in Justice: A Young Public Defender’s Struggle | Op-Docs | The New York Times
The filmmaker Dawn Porter follows Travis Williams, a young public defender in the Deep South, who struggles against long hours, low pay and staggering caseloads to bring justice to all. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/WnMFNG Subscribe to the Times Video …