Watch: ‘The Path Forward’ – A Fearless Conversation on the Access to Justice Gap

In this episode of "The Path Forward," NBC 5's LeeAnn Trotter discusses an important civil rights issue for our time: People living in poverty who can’t access their rights to basic necessities because they can’t afford a lawyer.

Called the Access to Justice Gap, this includes rights in housing, veterans' benefits, disability access and many other areas of the civil justice system.

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Joining LeeAnn for the conversation is Rohan Pavuluri, CEO of Upsolve, a nonprofit that empowers low-income and working-class families to access their civil legal rights and achieve economic mobility.

To read the op-ed Pavuluri co-authored with Congressman Joe Kennedy III calling for a new civil right in America, click here.

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