No person should be forced to give up their right to an attorney.

The Fair Defense Project
Ensuring a Just and Accountable Judicial System by Protecting
Your Right to a Lawyer.

The Fair Defense Project at TCJC works to ensure that every person is treated equally in Texas’s criminal justice system, regardless of wealth. Every indigent person accused of a crime should be appointed competent legal representation promptly. No person should be forced to give up their right to an attorney.

The Fair Defense Project conducts local and statewide monitoring to document practices that may create obstacles for indigent defendants who need representation or that may significantly delay the appointment of a defense attorney to defendants. The Fair Defense Project also engages in administrative advocacy with the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense and individual counties in order to promote improvements to the state’s delivery of indigent defense services.

P.O. Box 301587, Austin, TX 78703-0027 | tel. 512.441.8123 | info@criminaljusticecoalition.org