Author and criminal justice reform advocate Keeda J. Haynes. Interested in learning about the importance of public defense and criminal law? The UC Santa Cruz Legal Studies Program, in partnership ...

BROOKLYN — Brooklyn Defender Services was among the advocacy groups that rallied on Monday to celebrate National Public Defense Day and to mark the 60th Anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme ...

This decision comes after a report by the National Association for Public Defense recommended establishing a new office. Previously, defense for indigent adults was overseen by the Michigan ...

These old national standards were not developed using a rigorous or reliable methodology — the new NPDWS standards are a much better benchmark for public defense attorneys, policymakers, and other ...

Utah doesn’t have enough public defenders. A 2020 survey found some public defenders were assigned as many as 525 misdemeanor cases a year, an impossible load. And the Beehive State isn't alone ...

The National Association for Public Defense and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers urged New York Gov. Kathy Hochul not to roll back measures that promote early sharing of evidence.

“I can’t think of another instance where an entire public defense board was removed in one fell swoop,” said Geoff Burkhart, president of the National Association for Public Defense, which ...

She was elected at the association’s annual meeting on Aug. 13. Newberger started as an assistant federal public defender in Baltimore in 2005 and worked her way up to first assistant.

Public defense across the West suffers deep-rooted, decades-old problems. States have two solutions to consider: dole out more cash or shrink the criminal justice system.

The 50-year-old national standards for public defender caseloads are overly broad and too high to ensure adequate representation of indigent clients, according to a study released Tuesday that ...

James-Christian B. Blockwood — a senior official at the Partnership for Public Service who has worked in the Government Accountability Office and the departments of Defense, Homeland Security ...

Interested in learning about the importance of public defense and criminal law? The UC Santa Cruz Legal Studies Program, in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of the Public Defender, the ...