NLADA: Defender Legal Services

07/02: NV: PUBLIC DEFENDER REFORM: Officials agree on need for changes

07/02: MI: Fairness in our courts

06/26: TX: Supreme Court Ruling A Setback For County

06/26: MN: State of Minnesota Board of Public Defense decided to no longer represent non-mandated cases as of July 8

06/26: IA: Public defender withdraws from murder case

06/25: MI: Report assails Oakland's indigent public defender system

06/25: WA: Supreme Court Rejects Death Penalty for Child Rape

06/25: MI: Constitution demands access to legal counsel

06/25: MD: Guilty until proven innocent?

06/25: FL: Public defenders overloaded

06/25: FL: Dade defender's office refuses many felony cases

06/24: MI: Report: Ottawa County fails to defend poor suspects

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NLADA's Defender Legal Services Division helps individuals and programs provide quality public defense. It provides tools to make your job easier and to help you serve your clients better.

NLADA Releases Evaluation Critical of Current Funding Structure for Public Defense in Michigan

NLADA issues press statement applauding Cook County’s abandonment of effort to remove Public Defender

May 21, 2008

NLADA submits letter to the editor in support of Cook County Public Defender and supporting PD independence

May 21, 2008

NLADA Partnering with ACS to Promote ACS ResearchLink

ACCD passes resolution supporting Law Office of the Cook County (Illinois) Public Defender’s need for independence and reasonable caseloads

May 05, 2008

MacArthur Foundation Announces Indigent Defense Action Network

April 23, 2008

Letter to the Editor From NLADA's David Carroll, Director of Research and Evaluation, Defender Legal Services, Printed in Las Vegas Review-Journal

January 15, 2008

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Opinions Impacting Public Defense

December 11, 2007

NLADA and NY State Defenders Assoc. Release "Justice Impaired" - A Report on NY State's Public Defense System

Congress Considers Wide Range of Matters to Help Defender and Civil Legal Aid Attorneys Cope with Law School Debt

Richard Goemann's Letter to the Editor Published in the New York Times

September 19, 2007

The American Council of Chief Defenders Releases Resolution on Setting Caseloads and Workload Standards for Public Defense Attorneys

September 07, 2007

NLADA Defender Legal Services Director Richard Goemann's Letter to the Editor Printed in August 22nd Edition of the Ohio Record-Courier

House Passes Prosecutors & Defenders Incentive Act! -- Associated Press Article "House Bill Offers Student Loan Incentive"

May 16, 2007

NLADA Defender Legal Services Director Richard Goemann's Op-Ed on Maricopa County, Ariz. Attorney Published in West Valley View Newspaper

April 02, 2007

NLADA Director of Defender Services Richard Goemann's Letter to the Editor Printed in January 12, 2007 Edition of the New Orleans Times-Picayune

January 25, 2007

NLADA President & CEO Jo-Ann Wallace's Letter to the Editor Printed in the New York Times

January 17, 2006

Appellate Defender Training 2007 Brochure and Registration Form Now Available!

Place an Order for the new Directory of Legal Aid & Defender Offices and Resources, 2007-2008

NLADA Hits Front Page of New York Times

Letter to the Editor Submitted by NLADA Board Member Freddie Pitts, Published In the New York Times

Purchase a DVD of "The Exonerated," a powerful and compelling movie based on the true events of six wrongfully convicted people

NLADA supports Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act

New Standard is Set For Criminal Justice in Montana

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