The Legal Aid Society filed an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit, which challenged New York State’s legal services for the poor as constitutionally inadequate. The lawsuit argued that the State’s failure to provide sufficient funding, resources, and oversight deprived indigent defendants the meaningful and effective assistance to which they are entitled. In 2014, the New York Civil Liberties Union entered into a historic settlement under which the State agreed to adopt major reforms focusing on five upstate counties.

Hurrell-Harring's lead litigator, Corey Stoughton, served as the Attorney in Charge of Legal Aid’s Criminal Law Reform practice from 2020 - 2024. Corey litigated Hurrell-Haring while an attorney with the New York Civil Liberties Union.