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: Thomas F. Geraghty
Thomas F. Geraghty is the Class of 1969 James B. Haddad Professor of Law at Northwestern University’s Pritzker School of Law and the director emeritus of the Bluhm Legal Clinic.