In its continuing effort to assist indigent defense programs in providing quality services, meeting national standards and increasing resources, NLADA provides program evaluation services. An experienced team consisting of a knowledgeable staff member, defender chiefs and others with leadership and management expertise will evaluate all or any aspect of a program or system and make recommendations for improving quality and complying with relevant standards. Administrators of indigent defense programs, state or county officials or others may contract for NLADA's evaluation services.

Read more about the Program Evaluation Service.

Here are some recent evaluations conducted by NLADA:

Evaluation of Michigan’s Trial-Level Indigent Defense Systems: A Race to the Bottom (June, 2008)

Justice Impaired: The Impact of the State of New York’s Failure to Effectively Implement the Right to Counsel, Franklin County (October, 2007) (pdf, 740 Kb)

A Strategic Plan to Ensure Accountability & Protect Fairness in Louisiana’s Criminal Courts (September, 2006)

In Defense of Public Access to Justice: An Assessment of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Services in Louisiana 40 Years After Gideon (March, 2004)

Evaluation of the Public Defender Office, Clark County, Nevada (March 2003)

For more information on evaluation services, contact NLADA's Department of Defender Services.

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