The Gideon case mandated that everyone is entitled to counsel when facing the possibility of incarceration. If you can’t afford counsel, the court will appoint an attorney for you, but should we be concerned about the indigent having to go it alone in “high-stakes” civil cases? Here’s my view, published in today’s Dispatch: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2014/02/19/no-one-should-go-to-court-without-counsel.html