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CBF Op-Ed Featured in Law360
As we mark the 60th anniversary of Gideon v. Wrainwright and the now well-established right to a lawyer in criminal cases, there has been growing attention on creating a similar right for evictions...
CBF on the Hill to Advocate for Access to Justice
Building off of the positive progress made on our priority issues in 2022, a small but mighty group from the CBF returned to Washington D.C. in late March to continue our advocacy efforts in...
Cy Pres Awards Continue to Make a Big Impact Through the CBF
We thank our many partner law firms who continue to help direct cy pres awards to the CBF. We want to give special thanks to two firms who have made an especially big impact in recent...
The Robot Lawyers are Coming?
With the recent news that the artificial intelligence tool GPT-4 passed the bar exam with flying colors, it is easy to imagine a would-be Paul Revere shouting this at a bar association meeting...
Amy Manning of McGuireWoods LLP to Chair 2023 Investing in Justice Campaign
The CBF is excited to announce that Amy Manning, Partner at McGuireWoods LLP and a trailblazer and longtime leader in our legal community, will lead the 17th annual Investing in Justice...
Right-sizing “Right to Counsel” for Eviction and Other Civil Cases
The concept of “Civil Right to Counsel” is having its moment, particularly in the context of evictions. There rightly is a lot of support for the idea that, given the stakes involved, no one should...
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