Effective Assistance of Counsel - Harvard Law Review

The Effects of Holistic Defense on Criminal Justice Outcomes

Vol. 132 No. 3 January 2019 Debates over mass incarceration emphasize policing, bail, and sentencing reform, but give little attention to indigent defense. This omission seems surprising, given that interactions...

Constitutional Law Note

The Right to Be Heard from Immigration Prisons: Locating a Right of Access to Counsel for Immigration Detainees in the Right of Access to Courts

Vol. 132 No. 2 December 2018 Introduction The United States government holds 39,000 people in immigration detention every day. In 2016, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained 359,520 people....

Effective Assistance of Counsel Leading Case

Buck v. Davis

Vol. 131 No. 1 November 2017 Issues of race often expose deep ideological divisions within the Roberts Court. Justice Ginsburg was biting in her proclamation that “[h]ubris is a fit...

Immigration Recent Case

Lyon v. ICE

California District Court Finds Due Process May Include Right of Access to Counsel for Detained Noncitizens.

Vol. 130 No. 3 January 2017

Effective Assistance of Counsel Recent Court Filing

Statement of Interest of the United States, N.P. ex rel. Darden v. State

Department of Justice Files Statement of Interest Supporting Meaningful Juvenile Right to Counsel.

Vol. 129 No. 3 January 2016

Criminal Procedure Leading Case

Padilla v. Kentucky

Vol. 124 No. 1 November 2010

Effective Assistance of Counsel Recent Case

Williams v. Jones

Tenth Circuit Holds that a Defendant Is Prejudiced When His Lawyer's Deficient Performance Leads Him To Forego a Plea Bargain and Face a Fair Trial.

Vol. 123 No. 7 May 2010