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Gerald Simonson release
Gerald Simonson press release on his release from prison after being wrongfully convicted.
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CA Daily Journal Article 9.2.09
Daily Journal Article titled, "For now, call it "America's Next Top Public Defender."
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2007 NLADA Annual Report
Complete 2007 NLADA Annual Report
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Framing in Legal Services Advocacy
power point presentation from 2008 Litigation & Advocacy Directors Conference
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NLADA 2002 Annual Report
2002 Annual Report of NLADA
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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)
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Sacramento County, California Board of Supervisors
A resolution by the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors proclaiming March 18 as Gideon Day.
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Gideon Tribute
Agenda for the March 18, 2003 Gideon celebration at Hartford, CT sponsored by The Division of Public Defender Services.
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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:
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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
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CAC Member Responsibilities
The Member Responsibilities of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Charlottesville/Albemarle Public Defender Office
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CAC Bylaws
The bylaws of the Citizens Advisory Committee of the Charlottesville/Albemarle Public Defender Office
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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.
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Recommended Components of a Communications Strategy to Build Community Support for Legal Aid
Despite the successes in fundraising and “friend-raising,” legal aid still suffers from low
visibility in the public eye, and the resources to support these services are still woefully
inadequate to meet client need. For national, state and local advocates and supporters to
achieve “equal access under the law for all,” civil legal aid must become much more visible to
funders, the media, policy makers and the general public. This document lays out the components of a communications strategy to designed to raise the visibility of legal aid at the community level.
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CACJob
This document outlines the responsibilities of members of the Citizens Advisory Committee for the Charlottesvile-Albemarle Public Defender Office.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Technology Upgrade
A successful federal grant application by the Navajo County, Arizona Public Defender's Office.
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Management and Technology Solicitation
A successful federal grant application by the Navajo County, Arizona Public Defender.
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