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

The Access to Justice Lab at Harvard Law School discusses the work of bringing credible evidence to lawyers, judges, and decision makers, to transform the U.S. justice system into an evidence-based field. We bring you weekly one-on-one interviews with experts in the area of access to justice -- researchers, lawyers, professors, law students, data analysts, research participants, and anyone who has an interesting role in this growing area.

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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?