NLADA has worked with the U.S. Department of Justice for decades on a variety of means of improving the quality of indigent defense at the state, local and national level. Among the products of that collaboration:

• National Symposium on Indigent Defense 1999: Improving Criminal Justice Systems Through Expanded Strategies and Innovative Collaborations. Read Final Report.

• National Symposium on Indigent Defense 2000: Redefining Leadership for Equal Justice. Read Final Report.

• The National Compendium of Standards for Indigent Defense Systems.

• State Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999 , a US DOJ study of the 21 states where indigent defense is funded primarily at the state level.

• Indigent Defense Systems in Large Counties, a study of the methods by which criminal indigent defense is delivered in the Nation's 100 most populous counties.

• Key Elements of Successful Adjudication Partnerships.

• Criminal Courts Technical Assistance Project - description of services and materials available to indigent defense programs through this technical assistance consortium of which NLADA is a founding member.

NLADA has presented eight recommendations for action on indigent defense to the new Attorney General. Read the recommendations.

Other DOJ Resources Related to Indigent Defense