Access to Justice Office Inside DOJ Ripe for Revival Under Biden

A broad coalition of civil rights and liberties groups are pressing the Biden administration to revive a Justice Department unit dedicated to making legal services more available for poorer Americans.

Obama-era DOJ officials and advocates, like the Center for American Progress and American Civil Liberties Union, have been lobbying officials to revive the DOJ Office for Access to Justice that was shuttered during the Trump administration. Democratic lawmakers are said to be working with the Biden administration on a bill to fund the office, which could also be included in the president’s upcoming budget request.

“I’ve heard a bunch of ...