User:Varshanekkanti/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title: Public Interest Law ( Public interest law)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article's content is very relevant to the topic. The article starts off by defining the field of public interest law as a whole, and then delves into how public interest law originated/operates in different jurisdictions. Specifically with regards to the United States, the article discusses how the practice came to be defined along with the shortcomings of public interest law. Overall, the article is written neutrally with little bias and opinion involved. The information that is provided on a country-by-country basis is more objective as the source does not provide an opinion on the public interest law practices of a place, but rather just describes what the practices are. When considering the cited sources, most of the sources listed are university publications or from law journals, which seem very reputable. Thus, the content of this article can be considered to be reliable, and sources are cited throughout to backup the information that is provided.
 * Sources:
 * Cummings, Scott L. "The politics of pro bono." Ucla L. Rev. 52 (2004)
 * D’Angelo-Corker, Kristy. “When Less Is More The Limitless Potential of Limited Scope  Representation to Increase Access to Justice for Low- to Moderate-Income Individuals.” Marquette Law Review, vol. 103, no. 1, 2019, pp. 111–162. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.marqlr103.7&site=eds-live.

Option 2

 * Article title: Right to Counsel ( Right to counsel)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article discusses the right to counsel and explains how this right varies in different geographic regions. The content of this article is not as relevant to the initial leading section. The leading section discusses what the right to counsel entails but does not provide much context as to why this topic is important and why differences exist in the enforcement of this right. Each geographic section has one to two citations verifying this information. When looking at the list of 65 cited sources, there is a versatile assortment of content. Some of the sources that are listed are reputable law journals and university publications. However, some of the other listed sources are web pages. One notable thing about the sources is that many of the dates of publication are from the late 1900s. As a result of this, some of the information that is cited throughout the article regarding the evolution of right to counsel might be less relevant or may not be applicable depending how things have changed in the legal space.
 * Sources:
 * Rexer, Norah. “A Professional Responsibility The Role of Lawyers in Closing the Justice Gap.”  Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, vol. 22, no. 3, 2014, pp. 585–610. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.geojpovlp22.31&site=eds-live.
 * Brito, Tonya L., et al. “What We Know and Need to Know about Civil Gideon.” South Carolina Law Review, vol. 67, no. 2, Winter 2016, pp. 223–243. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120812482&site=eds-live.

Option 3

 * Article title: Gideon v. Wainwright ( Gideon v. Wainwright)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * The content of this article is very strong and thorough. In this discussion of the Gideon v. Wainwright SCOTUS case, there are sections including the history of the case, related cases, the actual case details, and finally the impact of this supreme court case on courts and the process of public defense. The strength of this article is also influenced by the fact that there is a direct reference to quotes/dialogue from the actual case proceedings. In terms of biases and neutrality, this article seems to be mostly objective. There are a couple parts where you can see more of a value-assessment of the court case and the decision; however, for the majority of the article, the language is very objective and sticks to the actual case details. With regards to the reference list, the sources are very comprehensive and the actual case documents are included in this list which adds to the credibility of the article content.
 * Sources:
 * Brito, Tonya L., et al. “What We Know and Need to Know about Civil Gideon.” South Carolina Law Review, vol. 67, no. 2, Winter 2016, pp. 223–243. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120812482&site=eds-live.
 * Abel, Laura K. "A Right to Counsel in Civil Cases Lessons from Gideon v. Wainwright."  Clearinghouse Review, vol. 40, no. 2, July-August 2006, p. 271-280. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/clear40&i=279.

Option 4

 * Article title: Legal Aid in the United States ( Legal aid in the United States)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article is extremely comprehensive in its content, with very thorough subheadings and detail. The article starts by defining legal aid, and then specifically focuses on what civil legal aid looks like. From there, the article discusses the history of civil legal aid (origins of the Legal Services Corporation), talks about how legal aid plays out in different states, highlights the impacts of pro bono initiatives, and then ends by discusses the impact of legal aid. I was particularly interested in this article because there is a discussion about my practice experience organization in this impact area (East Bay Community Law Center). Each claim in this article seems to have a citation. When considering the source list, there are 60 different sources listed. A majority of the sources are published scholarly articles from the Hein online legal database, which indicates a high level of reliability in the information. The article also uniquely covers historically underrepresented populations in the discussion of Latino lawyers.
 * Sources:
 * Harward, Brian M. “Pre-Devolutionary Funding for Poverty Law in the United States.” Journal of Poverty, vol. 11, no. 4, Dec. 2007, pp. 1–22. EBSCOhost, doi 10.1300/J134v11n04-01.
 * Rexer, Norah. “A Professional Responsibility The Role of Lawyers in Closing the Justice Gap.”  Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, vol. 22, no. 3, 2014, pp. 585–610. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.geojpovlp22.31&site=eds-live.
 * Rhode, Deborah L. "Equal Justice under Law Connecting Principle to Practice." Washington  University Journal of Law & Policy, vol. 12, no. 1, 2003, p. 47-62. HeinOnline, https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/wajlp12&i=51.

Option 5

 * Article title: Unbundled Legal Services ( Unbundled legal services)
 * Article Evaluation:
 * This article discusses one of the dominant forms of legal aid unbundled legal services, or limited scope representation. The article first starts off by discussing the purpose of unbundled legal services, how this practice has changed over time, and dominant debates/criticisms of this method of legal aid. I particularly found this criticisms sector to be relevant for my understanding of the dominant sector debates with regards to legal aid. Each claim in the article seems to properly reference a source. When looking at the list of references, most of the sources are from reputable law journals or are from the American Bar Association, which makes the source relatively credible.
 * Sources:
 * D’Angelo-Corker, Kristy. “When Less Is More The Limitless Potential of Limited Scope  Representation to Increase Access to Justice for Low- to Moderate-Income Individuals.” Marquette Law Review, vol. 103, no. 1, 2019, pp. 111–162. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edshol&AN=edshol.hein.journals.marqlr103.7&site=eds-live.