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Episode 21: What is the Impact of Legal Counsel at First Hearings?

Episode 21: What is the Impact of Legal Counsel at First Hearings?

Update: 2025-11-03
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Can the presence of legal counsel at a criminal justice defendant's first court hearing transform their journey through the justice system? Two Texas counties examined this possibility in a now-completed A2J Lab study. Project researchers discuss the results in this Proof Over Precedent episode.
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Episode 21: What is the Impact of Legal Counsel at First Hearings?

Episode 21: What is the Impact of Legal Counsel at First Hearings?

Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School