David Udell, founder and director of Fordham Law’s National Center on Access to Justice, was quoted in Law360 in an article examining how President Biden could revive the national Office for Access to Justice.
These efforts represented a shift within the DOJ, according to David Udell, executive director of the National Center for Access to Justice at the Fordham University School of Law. The department’s role has traditionally been upholding the rule of law, not helping people understand and assert their rights in court, he said. Udell called the expanded mission “a tribute to American democracy.”
“The Office for Access to Justice was a national convenor of justice reformers,” he said. “It brought together researchers, advocates and government agency officials, and built momentum for improving the function of the government in assuring access to justice.”