On November 21, 2014, ILS organized a national gathering of empirical researchers specializing in indigent legal services at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, CA. Researchers and defenders from across the nation attended, and the presentations were of a very high quality. We hope this will be the first of many such meetings to facilitate the improvement and sharing of research in our field.
The presentations are listed below, with links to materials where the authors have given their consent for them to be posted. A selection of the papers will appear later in 2015 in the Albany Law Review.
The presentations are listed below, with links to materials where the authors have given their consent for them to be posted. A selection of the papers will appear later in 2015 in the Albany Law Review.
| Panel 1: Measuring What Matters: Case Outcomes, Performance Measurement, and System Effectiveness |
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| North Carolina (Margaret Gressens, North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services |
| Travis County, Texas (Margaret Ledyard, Travis County Criminal Courts Administration) |
| Connecticut [supplemental files here & here] (Jennie Albert, Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services) |
| Chair and Discussant: Jo-Ann Wallace, President, National Legal Aid and Defender Association |
| Panel 2: Defenders, Data Systems and Policy-Making |
| Business intelligence in the criminal justice system: Data-driven decision-making for policymakers and supervisors (Erik Stilling, Louisiana Public Defender Board) |
| Data Gathering Process in Massachusetts (Ziyad Hopkins, Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services) |
| Unnoticed, Untapped, and Underappreciated: Client's Perceptions of their Public Defenders (Janet Moore, University of Cincinnati College of Law) |
| Chair: Andrew Davies, University at Albany, SUNY & NYS Indigent Legal Services. Discussant: Alissa Pollitz,Worden, University at Albany, SUNY |
| Panel 3: Checklists |
| Using Checklists to Improve Advocacy (Jeff Adachi, San Francisco Public Defender) |
| The Power of Checking Boxes: A Tool for Implementing and Evaluating Holistic Defense (Justine Olderman, Bronx Defenders) |
| Patti Lee, Manager, San Francisco Public Defender Juvenile Division |
| Chair: Andrew Davies, University at Albany, SUNY & NYS Indigent Legal Services. Discussant: Malia Brink |
| Panel 4: Interdisciplinary and Holistic Defense |
| The Effects of Holistic Public Defense on Case Outcomes: Evidence from the Bronx Defenders (Paul Heaton, RAND Corporation) |
| Social Workers and Criminal Defense Attorneys: A State Appellate Defender Office Expands the Collaboration to Re-sentencing and Re-entry (Dawn van Hoek, Director, Michigan State Appellate Defender) |
| Holistic Defense: A New Model of Public Defense Representation (Cynthia Lee, National Center for State Courts) |
| Chair: Alissa Pollitz Worden, University at Albany, SUNY. Discussant: Edwin Colfax, Texas,Indigent Defense Commission |
| Panel 5: Local Governance |
| The Right to Counsel in Troubled Times: The Effect of the Great Recession in Local Expenditures for Public Defense (Alissa Pollitz Worden, University at Albany, SUNY, & colleagues) |
| Counsel at First Appearance in a Semi-Rural County (Kirstin Morgan, SUNY Albany, & colleagues) |
| Informal Legal Actors (Valerie West, John Jay College of Criminal Justice) |
| Discussant: Andrew Davies, SUNY Albany & NY Indigent Legal Services |
| Panel 6: The Defense of Mentally Disordered Persons Accused of Crimes |
| Representing the Mentally Ill Offender: An Evaluation of Advocacy Alternatives (Trey Marchbanks, Texas A&M University, & colleagues) |
| The Role of Indigent Defense for Defendants with Mental Health Disorders: An Uncharted Issue (Ayesha Delany-Brumsey, VERA Institute of Justice) |
| The Role of Indigent Defense for Defendants with Mental Health Disorders: Preliminary Results (Pamela Clark Robbins, Policy Research Associates, & colleagues) |
| Chair: Kirstin Morgan, University at Albany. Discussant: Michael Louis,Perlin, New York Law School |
| Panel 7: The State of the Nation |
| Income Eligibility Guidelines for Assigned Counsel: How States Determine Who Is Too Poor To Hire A Lawyer (John Gross, University of Alabama School of Law) |
| Assessing the Degree to Which Public Defense Providers are Able to Adhere to the ABA Ten Principles and Priority Areas Noted for Technical Assistance (Caroline Cooper, American University) |
| The Right to Counsel for Parents in Family Cours: An Exploratory Investigation of State Policies (Alissa Pollitz Worden, University at Albany, SUNY, & colleagues) |
| Chair: Alissa Pollitz Worden, University at Albany, SUNY. Discussant: Jo-Ann Wallace, National Legal Aid and Defender Association |
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