NACDL News: BJA Commences Right To Counsel Campaign

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta delivers the keynote address at the Nov. 10, 2015, launch of the Bureau of Justice Assistance-led “Right to Counsel National Campaign,” an initiative that brings together a consortium of justice system stakeholders who will address the challenges faced in providing adequate public defense services to defendants unable to afford an attorney. “The right to counsel embodies our nation’s founding ideal that justice must remain immune from the inequalities that pervade other areas of society,” Gupta said. “It encompasses the undeniable truth that in our Constitution, before our courts and under our laws, all citizens are equal.” NACDL is a member of the steering committee of the Right to Counsel Campaign. NACDL President E.G. “Gerry” Morris and NACDL Executive Norman L. Reimer also spoke at the launch event.