| Author |
Title |
Description |
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| Mark H. Moore, Michael P. Judge,
Carlos J. Martinez, and Leonard Noisette |
The Best Defense is No Offense:
Preventing Crime through Effective Public Defense |
The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea that public defenders are in a good position to achieve
the instrumental goal of preventing crimes as well as the principled and more traditional goal of providing a
zealous defense of their clients. |
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(pdf, 84 Kb)
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| Cait Clarke and Christopher Stone |
Bolder Management for Public Defense: Leadership in Three Dimensions |
Explores ways to improve leadership inside the office, across the
criminal justice system, and in public debates |
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(pdf, 139 Kb)
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| Mark H. Moore |
Alternative Strategies for Public Defenders |
Discusses the value of public defense, capacity to improve services
by expanding the authorizing environments |
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(pdf, 86 Kb)
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| Tony Fabelo |
What Policymakers Need to Know to Improve Public Defense Systems |
Sets out a research agenda for data collection and an approach to
policy analysis |
.pdf
(pdf, 187 Kb)
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| Center for Applied Research |
A Passion for Justice: NLADA's National Defender Leadership Institute |
Detailed information about the Advisory Committee's work and the
initial plans for three levels of leadership training |
forthcoming |
| 2000 National Indigent Defense Symposium |
Redefining Leadership for Equal Justice |
Summarizes the symposium's proceedings encouraging criminal justice
professionals and defenders to work together to protect the innocent,
promote the integrity of the criminal justice system, and restore
public confidence in the criminal justice system. |
order NCJ 187491 |
| Janet Reno |
Competent Lawyers and Constant Vigilance |
Remarks of U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno at the 2000 National
Symposium on Indigent Defense |
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| VERA |
Ultimate Advocacy series |
Publications aimed at strengthening the role of the public defender
and assigned counsel leaders in the justice system |
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| Cait Clarke |
A Triumvirate Model of Public Defense |
Chart on the three circles of leadership published in "Defenders
in the Community: Expanding the Conceptual and Institutional Boundaries
of Providing Counsel to the Poor" 14 Georgetown
Journal of Legal Ethics 401 (2001) |
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| Cait Clarke |
Community Defenders in the 21st Century: Building on a Tradition of
Problem-Solving for Clients, Families and Needy Communities |
Explores the concept of community justice, with special emphasis on
the role of those providing defense for the indigent. |
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(pdf, 885 Kb)
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| Roger Conner |
Community Oriented Lawyering: An Emerging Approach to Legal Practice |
The article addresses the emerging phenomenon of community lawyering.
What is it and how does it work? |
.pdf
(pdf, 1 Mb)
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| Cait Clarke |
Problem Solving Defenders in the Community: Expanding the Conceptual and
and Institutional Boundaries of Providing Counsel to the Poor |
Three dimensions in particular are worth further exploration:
1) "whole client" representation or holistic advocacy,
2) defender collaboration with other criminal justice stakeholders
(e.g., building coalitions or lobbying to change laws and
improve programming), and 3) community outreach or community
service activities. |
.pdf
(pdf, 476 Kb)
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| McGregor Smyth |
Bridging the Gap: A Practical Guide to Civil-Defender Collabortion |
Practical steps to bridging the gap between
civil and defender client representation. |
.pdf
(pdf, 76 Kb)
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| Cait Clarke and James Neuhard |
"From Day One": Who's In Control as Problem Solving and Client-Centered
Sentencing Take Center Stage? |
The paper attempts to highlight some of the ethical boundaries for criminal defense
advocates who want to address clients’ underlying problems while they resolve
the pending criminal matter. It also highlights some of the ethical concerns
presented in problem-solving courts. |
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(pdf, 305 Kb)
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