Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday announced that the Justice Department (DOJ) is working to revive an effort to support certain disadvantaged communities to combat barriers to accessing justice in America. Garland said that the department will launch a review seeking to address disparities in the criminal justice system and barriers to access the immigration and civil legal systems. The department will work with federal and state partners to develop policy initiatives and measures. Part of the review will consist of reviewing strategies to reinstate an office in the department, known as the Office for Access to Justice, that says it would assist low-income individuals to navigate the civil and criminal justice systems. The office was first established in 2010 under the Obama administration under allegations that low socio-economic individuals and communities receive substandard legal services. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2018 transferred duties from the office to DOJ’s Office of Legal Policy …