The date was March 18, 1963, 50 years ago this month; the case was Gideon v. Wainwright, and the issue was whether indigent persons charged with felonies in state courts have an absolute federal constitutional right to court-appointed counsel. In saying "yes," the Warren Court (1953-69) made a decision that changed the face of criminal prosecution in the United States, a decision that — unlike some of that Court's other "landmark"decisions — has withstood the test of time. Janine Robben reports.
The Anniversary, the Right and the Reality
Gideon v. Wainwright After 50 Years
By Janine Robben
Bar Counsel
Client Security Funds:
2012 Annual Report
By Sylvia Stevens
The Legal Writer
Pure Sentences:
Punctuation Free
By Suzanne E. Rowe
Managing Your Practice
The Many Features of
Outlook: Tools to Enhance
Your Practice
By Dee Crocker
Law & Life
Life Coaching: Four
Things You Didn't Know
By Kirsten Meneghello
Parting Thoughts
An Oregon Land Use Parable
By Benjamin Boyd
Bar Actions
Discipline
Reinstatements
Applications
Bar People
Among Ourselves
Moves
In Memoriam