The Road after Gideon: Stetson’s Bruce Jacob fights for the rights of the indigent
As a young lawyer in his 20s working for the Florida attorney general in Tallahassee 50 years ago, a Stetson University College of Law graduate named Bruce Jacob was assigned to represent the respondent in a Supreme Court case that made history.
The Court’s landmark decision on March 18, 1963, regarding the right to a fair trial in Gideon v. Wainwright was the impetus for… » Read more
Impact of race and poverty on effective legal representation the topic of Oct. 24 talk at Stetson Law
Stephen Bright, the president and senior counsel of the Southern Human Rights Network, discussed “The Impact of Race and Poverty on Effective Assistance of Council” during a noontime lecture for Stetson Law students on Oct. 24.
Bright discussed the history of justice in the U.S. and inequalities in legal representation for the poor.
“The criminal justice system today is very much defined by the past,”… » Read more
Professor Bruce Jacob discusses presenting historic Gideon v. Wainwright case
The June 2012 Special Commemorative Edition of Champion magazine includes an interview with and article by Stetson Law professor Bruce Jacob, who presented the historic Gideon v. Wainwright case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Read the article, “Remembering Gideon’s Lawyers,” by Bruce R. Jacob. The text of the interview with Jacob follows, with special permission from the NACDL.
A Conversation With Bruce R. Jacob
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