NLADA National Indigent Defense Standards
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Please visit the Defender Resources Standards web pages to download a version of the NLADA Standards Blackletter Edition
Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States (1976):
Summary of comprehensive recommendations of the National Study Commission on Defense Services, a two-year NLADA/LEAA project. Includes eligibility screening,
program structure, independence, compensation parity, other resource issues (black letter recommendations only)
(16 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
Guidelines for Negotiating and Awarding Governmental Contracts for Criminal Defense Services (1984):
The authoritative antidote to low-bid contracting, covering attorney qualifications, staffing, governance by an
independent Policy Board, caseloads, compensation, conflicts (includes introduction, history, commentary, related
standards, bibliography, and ABA supporting resolution (30 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
Standards for the Administration of Assigned Counsel Systems (1989):
Covers policies, structure, funding and
budgeting, fees, oversight and responsibilities, including training, mentoring, and monitoring (includes black letter
standards, extensive commentary, related standards, and detailed footnotes) (78 pages).
| Member Price | $10 |
| Nonmember Price | $15 |
Standards and Evaluation Design for Appellate Defender Offices (1980):
Comprehensive standards governing
quality of representation, internal office management, and role in the legal community, are presented also in the form
of a Q&A self-evaluation manual (includes introduction, standards, diagnostic questions for gauging
performance against standards, factual and statistical data checklists to support evaluation, and bibliography)
(106 pages).
| Member Price | $15 |
| Nonmember Price | $23 |
Standards for the Appointment and Performance of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases (1988):
Covers number and
qualifications of attorneys, support services, training, investigation, motions, pleas, the sentencing phase,
appellate, post-conviction and clemency responsibilities (includes introduction, commentary, footnotes) (61 pages).
| Member Price | $10 |
| Nonmember Price | $15 |
Defender Training and Development Standards (1997):
The only national standards governing defender training
and development. Intended to be read together with NLADA Performance Guidelines for Criminal Defense Representation.
(includes preface, and footnotes; commentary is under development) (8 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Indigent Defense Services (1997):
Final Report of the National Advisory
Committee on Indigent Defense Services convened by NLADA with BJA support. Discusses five critical areas to addressing
the crisis in indigent defense: training, standards, program audits and technical assistance, utilization of social
services and other interdisciplinary resources, and coalition building, such as through adjudication partnerships
(9 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals - Courts, Chapter 13, The Defense (1973):
The seminal standards, including numerical caseload standards, from which all other indigent defense standards have
flowed. The NAC standards encompassed the entire criminal justice process, and flowed from the recommendations of the
1967 President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. (includes introduction, commentary, and
references) (36 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
Uniform Law Commissioners Model Public Defender Act (1970):
The first blueprint for the establishment of a
statewide defender system (includes prefatory note, commentary and footnotes by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State laws, plus NLADA comments) (19 pages).
| Member Price | $5 |
| Nonmember Price | $8 |
Buy all the NLADA Standards in a Single Volume and SAVE
Indigent Defense Standards: A Compilation of National Standards and Commentary
- Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States
- Guidelines for Negotiating and Awarding Governmental Contracts for Criminal Defense Services
- Standards for the Administration of Assigned Counsel
- Standards and Evaluation Design for Appellate Defender Offices
- Standards for the Appointment and Performance of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
- Defender Training and Development Standards
- Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee on Indigent Defense Services
- National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals - Courts, Chapter 13, The Defense
- Uniform Law Commissioners Model Public Defender Act.
| Member Price | $50 |
| Nonmember Price | $75 |
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