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      	NLADA Press Kit: FAQs on Civil Legal Aid NLADA Press Kit: FAQs on Civil Legal Aid [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	NLADA Fact Sheet NLADA Fact Sheet [ 03/24/10  |  more info ]
      	2007 NLADA Annual Report Complete 2007 NLADA Annual Report [ more info ]
      	FAQs on Defenders Frequently asked questions regarding public defenders. [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	FAQs on Civil Legal Aid Frequently Asked Questions about Civil Legal Aid. [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	Fact Sheet on NLADA Fact Sheet on NLADA. [ 11/01/01  |  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 ]
      	History of NLADA NLADA Backgrounder provides the history of civil legal services in the United States. [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	NLADA Press Kit: FAQs on Defenders NLADA Press Kit: FAQs on Defenders [ 11/01/01  |  more info ]
      	NLADA 2009 Annual Report 2009 Annual Report of NLADA [ 03/24/10  |  more info ]