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      	Model Contract for Public Defender Services The antidote to low-bid contracting, based on NLADA's Guidelines for Negotiating and Awarding Governmental Contracts for Criminal Defense Services. Includes comprehensive introduction, commentary and annotations (71 pages). [ more info ]
      	West Virginia PD Lawyer Budget, FY 02 West Virginia Public Defender lawyer and chief defenders budget for FY 2002. [ more info ]
      	A Defender Guidebook to Technology Integration in Criminal Justice Information Systems This guidebook is designed to acquaint defenders with the process of technology integration in criminal justice information systems and issues that may affect defender systems in the planning and implementation of integration initiatives. The concept of criminal justice technology integration is almost as old as the use of computers for criminal justice purposes. But it has rapidly gained momentum in recent years as technology’s power increases and its cost plummets, and as federal and state funding agencies recognize the operational and budgetary efficiency of building a single shared technology system rather than multiple redundant systems which cannot communicate with each other. [ more info ]
      	Executive Summary, August, 2002 Monthly newsletter by and for chief defenders. [ 08/31/02  |  more info ]
      	CACBylaws The bylaws for the Citizens Advisory Committee for The Charlottesville-Albemarle Public Defender Office outline the purpose, the mission statement, and the procedures for the committee. [ more info ]
      	CACJob This document outlines the responsibilities of members of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Charlottesvile-Albemarle Public Defender Office. [ more info ]
      	Executive Summary, October, 2002 The monthly newsletter of the American Council of Chief Defenders. [ 11/11/02  |  more info ]
      	ACCD Agenda November, 2002 Agenda of the meeting of the American Council of Chief Defenders at the 2002 Annual Conference November 16, 2002. [ 11/12/02  |  more info ]
      	Executive Summary, November, 2002 November, 2002 edition of the monthly newsletter of the American Council of Chief Defenders. [ 11/12/02  |  more info ]
      	Rates of Compensation for Court-Appointed Counsel in Capital Cases at Trial, 1999 This document is a state-by-state survey of fess and relaten information for capital trial representation. It was conducted by the Spangenberg Group in 1999. [ more info ]
      	Rates of Compensation for Court-Appointed Counsel in Non-Capital Felonies at Trial, 1999 This document is a state-by-state survey of fees and related information for non-capital felony trial representation. It was conducted by the Spangenberg Group in 1999. [ more info ]
      	Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Standards for the Administration of Assigned Counsel Systems Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Guidelines for Negotiating and Awarding Indigent Defense Contracts Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Standards and Evaluation Design for Appellate Defender Offices Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Standards for the Appointment of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Defender Training and Development Standards Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Standards for the Defense Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Model Public Defender Act Black-letter NLADA Standards. The complete edition including discussion, commentary and references are available individually or in a 365 page, single volume compilation. [ more info ]
      	Performance Guidelines for Criminal Defense Representation NLADA black-letter standards. The complete publication, now in its third printing, is avialable from NLADA. [ more info ]

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