Attorney-Client Relationship as Locus of Inequality w/ Matthew Clair

Voir Dire: Conversations from the Harvard Kennedy School Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management

Matthew Clair is the author of Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court. In the book, he uncovers how privilege and inequality play out in criminal court interactions, especially in the attorney-client relationship. In this conversation, we explore the attorney-client relationship in greater detail and the ways that it exacerbates inequality and legitimates injustice in the courts.