Pro Bono
Nov. 4, 2009
Access to Justice Protects Democracy
David A. Lash of O'Melveny & Myers says equal access to justice is crucial to a functioning democracy.
By David A. Lash
Equal access to justice begins with equal access to an attorney... equal access for the poor that is unfettered and unrestricted, access that is truly equal. That means the government has to stay out of the relationship between legal aid lawyers and their clients just as it stays out of the relationship between private attorneys and the clients who hire them.
The protection of this fundamental democratic truth may be one...
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