A fair and equitable justice system depends on the public defenders whose job it is to represent those people who cannot afford a lawyer. Public defense work is civil rights work. It is the public defender who raises questions about interrogation methods, unlawful police stops, and excessive bail. It is also racial justice work. Nowhere […]
Author Archives: Maria Hawilo
Maria Hawilo is a Distinguished Professor of Law at Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a former public defender at the Public Defender Service, Washington D.C.
