National Legal Aid & Defender Association Join NLADA

Web This Site
  About NLADA  | Civil Resources  | Defender Resources  | Training and Conferences  | Communication Resources  | Member Services  | Job Opportunities  | NLADA Insurance Program
 
American Council of Chief Defenders
Sections
Defending Immigrants Partnership
E-Library
Funding/Resources
Government Relations
National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists
National Defender Leadership Institute
NIDC
Practitioner's Corner

Public Information
Public Opinion
Right to Counsel Resource Kit
Standards
Technology
JSERI
Defender_Trainers
NIDC
Printer Friendly Page

 |  |  | NDLI Success Stories  |

The NDLI.org library

The NDLI.org library encompasses current articles from the field, management documents, evaluation forms, outcome measurements, budgets, research projects, grant proposals, case studies, media campaigns, public policy initiatives, and more.

Author Title Description Download
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. .pdf (pdf, 84 Kb)
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 .pdf (pdf, 139 Kb)
Mark H. Moore Alternative Strategies for Public Defenders Discusses the value of public defense, capacity to improve services by expanding the authorizing environments .pdf (pdf, 86 Kb)
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)
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 html
VERA Ultimate Advocacy series Publications aimed at strengthening the role of the public defender and assigned counsel leaders in the justice system html
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) gif
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. .pdf (pdf, 885 Kb)
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)
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)
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)
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. .pdf (pdf, 305 Kb)
Get Acrobat Reader Documents linked from this page are in the PDF format and require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to view or print them. Click to download the Acrobat Reader software.
Explore the E-Library Show related documents Advanced search Submit a document