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      	MEETING OF DIRECTORS OF ASSIGNED COUNSEL PROGRAMS . This meeting will bring together individuals who are directors of, or are involved in managing, private attorney Assigned Counsel Programs to work on the day-to-day issues of running private attorney programs, share ideas, and start an ongoing dialogue regarding the tools, programs and practices for the successful operation of assigned counsel programs. [ more info ]
      	Why More Indigent Defense System Research is Needed An interim report, "National Survey of Indigent Defense Systems," prepared for the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Washington, DC. [ 12/15/97  |  more info ]
      	Investigators and Attorneys: The Team That Freed Tommy This story describes how the Office of the Public Defender of the Sixth Circuit, in Clearwater, FL, overturned a client's conviction due to teamwork between attorneys and investigators. [ 10/14/02  |  more info ]
      	Legal Assistants: Humanizing the Criminal Justice Process This story describes how Legal Assistants in the Metropolitan Public Defender in Portland, OR provides an effective holistic defense by combining the legal work of a paralegal with the social work of a social worker. [ 10/18/02  |  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 ]
      	Citizens Advisory Committe This story describes how a public movement for a public defender office was successfully turned into a Citizens Advisory Committee once the office was established. [ more info ]
      	CAC Bylaws The bylaws of the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Public Defender Office [ more info ]
      	CAC Member Responsibilities The Member Responsibilities of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Charlottesville/Albemarle Public Defender Office [ more info ]
      	Proclamation Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright Model language for commemoration by proclamation of 40th anniversary of U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Gideon v. Wainwright. Reaffirming the principle of equal justice for all regardless of income [ 01/02/03  |  more info ]
      	Gerald Simonson release Gerald Simonson press release on his release from prison after being wrongfully convicted. [ more info ]
      	Gideon Reviewed: The State of the Nation 40 Years Later In the landmark case Gideon v. Wainwright , the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously concluded that states have a constitutional obligation under the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to provide counsel to indigent defendants in felony cases. Over the ensuing 40 years, the right to counsel has been consistently extended to any case that may result in a potential loss of liberty. Despite this, only 22 states administer and fund all indigent defense services at the state level. The remaining states rely either in part or entirely on local funding and/or court costs to fulfill their constitutional obligation. Local funding, which is primarily derived from property taxes, tends to constrict in inverse proportion to the demand for indigent defense services (i.e., a weakened local economy causes increases in unemployment, worker flight, demands for other county services, and crime), producing instability in funding and wide fluctuations in the quality of indigent defense, as described below: [ 03/10/03  |  more info ]
      	Gideon Tribute Agenda for the March 18, 2003 Gideon celebration at Hartford, CT sponsored by The Division of Public Defender Services. [ more info ]
      	Sacramento County, California Board of Supervisors A resolution by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors proclaiming March 18 as Gideon Day. [ more info ]
      	Reentry—the Tie That Binds Legal Aid Attorneys and Public Defenders What does the term “reentry ” mean? Whose responsibility is it to serve these clients —civil legal aid attorneys or public defenders? Moreover, why should civil legal aid attorneys and public defenders be concerned about the hundreds of thousands of ex-offenders returning to their communities each year? This article was first published in Clearinghouse Review, 37 Clearinghouse Rev. 328(Sept.-Oct. 2003) [ 09/01/03  |  more info ]
      	CA Daily Journal Article 9.2.09 Daily Journal Article titled, "For now, call it "America's Next Top Public Defender." [ more info ]