Federal Government Resources
Access To Justice InitiativeArmed Forces Legal Assistance
Indigent Defense Systems, Bureau Of Justice Statistics
Justice Assistance Grant Program
US Department of Health And Human Services, Administration For Children And Families
National Organizations
American Bar Association Standing Committee On Legal Aid And Indigent Defense [SCLAID}American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
American Council Of Chief Defenders [ACCD]
Asian American Legal Defense And Education Fund
Innocence Project
National Association Of Counties
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers [NACDL]
National Legal Aid and Defenders Association [NLADA]
State and Local Organizations
Alabama Office Of Indigent Defense ServicesCherokee County (Georgia) Office of Indigent Defense
Clark County (Washington) Indigent Defense Office
Clayton County (Georgia) Indigent Defense Administration
Collin County (Texas) Indigent Defense
Indiana Public Defender Council
Kansas State Board Of Indigents' Defense Services
Lake County, California Legal Services
Louisiana Public Defender Board
Massachusetts Committee For Public Counsel Services
Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
National Juvenile Defender Center
Nevada Indigent Defense Commission
North Carolina Office Of Indigent Defense Services
North Dakota Commission On Legal Counsel For Indigents
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System
Oregon Office Of Public Defense Services
Pima County (Arizona) Office of Court Appointed Counsel
South Carolina Commission On Indigent Defense
Tennessee Indigent Defense
Texas Indigent Defense Commission
Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
Washington State Office Of Public Defense
Judicial Opinions
State ex rel Missouri Public Defender Commission vs Waters and Orr, Missouri Supreme Court Docket SC 91150; July 31, 2012Nygn v Manchester District Court, New Hampshire Supreme Court; March 16, 2012
DeWolfe v Richmond, Maryland Court of Appeals; January 4, 2012
Padilla v Kentucky, No. 08-651, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed 284 (2010)
Reports and Other Documents
Washington State Supreme Court Standards For Indigent Defense Services, June 15, 2012Representation Of Parents And Children In Abuse And Neglect Cases - The Importance of Early Appointment; Edwards, Leonard; Juvenile Family Court Journal; Spring, 2012
Annual Review Of National Developments In Indigent Defense; ABA SCLAID Indigent Defense Summit; John Gross, NACDL Indigent Defense Counsel; February, 2012
National Indigent Defense Reform: The Solution Is Multifaceted - Preliminary Report on Focus Group Findings Presented to the Department of Justice; January 9, 2012
A Patchwork Of Policies: Justice, Due Process And Public Defense Across American States, Albany Law Review; August, 2011
The Second National Parents’ Attorneys Conference: Improving Representation In The Child Welfare System; American Bar Association; July 13-14, 2011
Padilla And Beyond: The Future Of The Defense Function: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman at Cardozo Law School - June 21, 2011
Prosecution Without Representation; Colbert, Douglas L.; Buffalo Law Review; April, 2011
Intimately Related To The Criminal Process: Examining The Consequences Of A Conviction After Padilla v Kentucky and State v Sandoval; Stearns, Travis; Seattle Journal For Social Justice; March, 2011
Supporting The Criminal Defense Bar's Compliance With Padilla: It Begins With Conversations; Raghu, Shanthi Prema; Seattle Journal For Social Justice; March, 2011
Securing Reasonable Caseloads: Ethics And Law In Public Defense; Lefstein, Norman; American Bar Association Standing Committee On Legal Aid And Indigent Defense; 2011
Summary Of Parent Representation Models; American Bar Association Center On Children And The Law; 2011
Representing Parents During Child Welfare Investigations: Precourt Advocacy Strategies; Fassler, Elizabeth and Wanjiro, Gethaiga; ABA Child Law Practice, April, 2011
Parent Attorney Trial Notebook For Deprivation Cases In Georgia’s Juvenile Courts; Supreme Court of Georgia's Committee on Justice for Children; Georgia Public Defender Standards Council, 2010
Assessing The Indigent Defense System; Hashimoto, Erica J.; American Constitution Society For Law And Policy; September, 2010
The Effect Of Immigration Enforcement On Child Welfare; Cervantes, Wendy and Lincroft, Yali; First Focus; March, 2010
Practice Tips for Representing Parents in Child Protection Cases; Evans, Jeremy and Rothstein, Debra; American Bar Association, Children's Rights Litigation Committee; Children's Rights; Spring 2010
Justice Denied: America's Continuing Neglect Of Our Constitutional Right To Counsel; Report of the National Right To Counsel Committee; April, 2009
Eligible For Justice: Guidelines For Appointing Defense Counsel; Access To Justice Project, Brennan Center For Justice, New York University School Of Law; 2008
Parents' Attorneys' Protocol, State of Michigan; Michigan State Bar; July, 2008
An Analysis Of The Performance Of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel; Iyengar, Radha; National Bureau Of Economic Research; June, 2007
Working With The Courts In Child Protection; Jones, Hon. William G.; US Department of Health and Human Services; 2006
Standards Of Practice For Attorneys Representing Parents In Abuse And Neglect Cases; American Bar Association; 2006
Indigent Defense Reform In Massachusetts: A Case History Of Reform; Spangenberg Group; August, 2005
The Challenge: Evaluating Indigent Defense; Conference Report; North Carolina Office Of Indigent Defense Services; March, 2005
Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest For Equal Justice, A Report On The American Bar Association's Hearings on the Right to Counsel in Criminal Proceedings, American Bar Association Standing Committee On Legal Aid And Indigent Defense; 2004
The Implementation And Impact Of Indigent Defense Standards, National Legal Aid And Defender Association; December, 2003
Ten Principles Of A Public Defense Delivery System, American Bar Association; 2002
Keeping Defender Workloads Manageable; Bureau Of Justice Assistance; 2001
Equal Protection Denied in New York to Some Family Law Litigants; Elardo, Robert M.; Fordham Urban Law Journal; 2001
Contracting For Indigent Defense Services: A Special Report, Bureau Of Justice Assistance; April, 2000
Terminating Parental Rights: The Indigent Parent’s Right To Counsel After Lassiter v. North Carolina; Besharov, Douglas J.; Family Law Quarterly; Fall 1981
Towards A Constitutional Right To Counsel In Matrimonial Litigation; Matano, Gary R.; Fordham Law Journal; 1975
Parents' Right To Counsel In Dependency and Neglect Proceedings; Sutton, Jean Whittaker; Indiana Law Journal; July 1, 1973