December 24, 2019
Director Leahy's 2019 Christmas Message
November 4, 2019
ILS Submits FY 2020-21 Budget Request
Director Leahy's Transmittal Message
Obituary of Jonathan Gradess NYT
October 10, 2019
The ILS Office will close at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 10; to honor the life and career of public defense champion Jonathan Gradess, and to permit his many friends among ILS staff to attend the Celebration of his life this afternoon.
September 20, 2019
Chief Judge DiFiore presents Public Appreciation of Alphonso David
August 29, 2019
Plans submitted by ILS on December 1, 2017 pursuant to Executive Law § 832 (4)
Statewide Expansion Caseload Plan
Statewide Expansion Counsel at Arraignment Plan
Statewide Expansion Quality Improvement Plan
August 7, 2019
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June 27, 2019
NY Law Journal: ILS Announces Publication of Assigned Counsel Program Standards
Director Leahy's Transmittal Memo
June 25, 2019
Nora Christenson: Hurrell-Harring Providers Meet ILS Caseload Standards
Director Leahy's Transmittal Memo
June 21, 2019
Upstate Model Family Representation Office Q&A
June 20, 2019
ILS Releases Assigned Counsel Standards
ACP Standards - Black Letter
ACP Standards - Black Letter With Commentaries
Director Leahy's Transmittal Memo
May 24, 2019
ILS Releases Upstate Model Family Representation Office RFP
May 22, 2019
Public Hearings on Financial Eligibility for Assignment of Counsel in Family Matters
April 16, 2019
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May 17 in Albany.
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February 13, 2019
Director Leahy's E-Mail re NYT Caseload Article of January 31, 2019
Director Leahy's Letter to NYT
February 5, 2019
ILS Employment Notice: Assistant Counsel (Statewide Implementation Attorney - Counsel at First Appearance
October 26, 2018
FY 2019-20 Budget Request
Transmittal Memo to ILS Board
June 12, 2018
First Meeting of New Criminal Defense Advisory Group Announced
April 11, 2018
NYS Parent Attorney Perspectives Podcast 2: Practice Tips for Improving Parenting Time
Parent Representation Podcast 2 Materials
Cover and Materials List
CFR Cornerstone Advocacy for Solo Practitioners Visiting
CFR Small Adjustments Visiting
CFR Order to Show Cause and Affirmation In Support
Hiscock Notice of Motion to Modify and Supporting Affidavit and Affirmation
March 19, 2018
55th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright
Director Leahy's Indiana Law Review Article on The Right to Counsel in New York
Transmittal Message
February 28, 2018
ILS / NYSDA 2018 Families Matter Conference Agenda
2018 Ella B. Family Justice Award Announcement
2018 Ella B. Family Justice Award Nominating Form
February 6, 2018
Chief Judge DiFiore's State of Our Judiciary Address
Transmittal Message
January 31, 2018
Director Leahy's FY 2018-19 Budget Hearing Testimony Video
Transcript
Transmittal Message
January 16, 2018
Executive Budget FY 2018-2019
Director Leahy's Budget Message
December 21, 2017
Director's End-of-Year Message
December 6, 2017
Quality Improvement Funding Distribution 8
Transmittal Memo
December 1, 2017
ILS files Plans for Statewide Extension of Criminal Defense Reforms
Statewide Reform Statutes April 2017
November 22, 2017
New York State Parent Attorney Perspectives Podcast #1: Statewide Family Visiting Policy for Children in Foster Care, 17-OCFS-ADM-14
November 8, 2017
Sixth Annual Report of the Indigent Legal Services Board
October 30, 2017
Hurrell-Harring Settlement Implementation: 2017 Update Report
October 18, 2017
ILS Budget Request for FY 2018-19
October 11, 2017
ILS Comments on Proposed Fee Increases for Court-Appointed Experts
October 5, 2017
Family Visiting Policy for Children in Foster Care
ILS Announcement of OCFS Policy
OCFS Administrative Directive October 5, 2017
October 3, 2017
Centralized Arraignment Parts Approved
Director Leahy's Announcement
Unified Court System Press Release
September 1, 2017
Cynthia Feathers Joins ILS September 5, 2017
August 28, 2017
Questions and Answers for Second RFP - Final August 28, 2017
July 26, 2017
ILS Seeks To Fill 4 Positions:
Special Assistant (Statewide Implementation Analyst)
Special Assistant (Statewide Implementation Researcher)
Confidential Legal Assistant (Statewide Implementation Paralegal)
Special Assistant (Grants Administrator)
June 9, 2017
ILS Receives Award From NYSBA Committee On Mandated Representation
Award Letter
Award Ceremony Brochure
June 1, 2017
Joanne Macri Appointed Chief Statewide Implementation Attorney
May 22, 2017
ILS Handouts For CAASNY Meeting
May 18, 2017
ILS Seeks Statewide Implementation Attorney - NYC
and
Statewide Implementation Attorney - Caseload Standards
May 10, 2017
ILS Director Bill Leahy's Message Regarding New Caseload Standards
Final Caseload Standards Report
Sixth Amendment Center Commentary On ILS Caseload Standards
May 9, 2017
ILS Seeks Statewide Implementation Attorney - Counsel at First Appearance
and
Statewide Implementation Attorney - Quality Enhancement
May 5, 2017
ILS Releases Tentative Awardees List from Second Counsel At First Appearance RFP
May 2, 2017
Video: ILS Conducts Kickoff Meeting for the Statewide Implementation of Hurrell-Harring Reforms
Meeting Agenda and Documents
April 18, 2017
Q&A For Parent Representation RFP
April 11, 2017
ILS Seeks to Hire Statewide Chief Implementation Attorney
April 10, 2017
ILS Director Leahy's Message Regarding The FY2017-2018 Budget
Statewide Reform Statutes April 2017
April 4, 2017
ILS Releases Implementation of Eligibility Criteria and Procedures in the Hurrell-Harring Counties
March 27, 2017
The Impact of Eligibility Standards - Suffolk County Addendum - March 2017
March 20, 2017
ILS Releases RFP for Upstate Model Parental Representation Office
March 13, 2017
ILS Is Searching For A Director of Quality Enhancement, Appellate and Post-Conviction Representation
February 6, 2017
ILS Releases Questions And Responses for CAFA 2 RFP
January 31, 2017
Director Leahy's Budget Testimony
The Impact of Eligibility Standards in Five Upstate New York Counties
January 6, 2017
ILS Releases its Second Counsel at First Appearance RFP
December 9, 2016
ILS Seeks to Hire
Assistant Grants Manager
November 29, 2016
NYLJ: New Law Allows Centralized Arraignments Outside New York City
Centralized Arraignments Bill
Transmittal Memo From ILS Director and Counsel To ILS Board and Chief Defenders
November 10, 2016
ILS Releases Hurrell-Harring
Quality Improvement Plan, Updated November 2016
and
Counsel At Arraignment Plan, Updated November 2016
November 8, 2016
ILS Releases the
Estimate of the Cost of Compliance with Maximum National Caseload Limits in Upstate New York - 2015 Update
October 30, 2016
Post Budget Submission Updates
Transmittal Message
DOB Counsel At First Appearance Plan July 13, 2016
Hurrell-Harring Final Settlement Execution Copy October 21, 2014
Right To Counsel Agenda October 25, 2016
October 18, 2016
ILS FY 2017-18 Budget Request
Coming October 14-15, 2016:
Families Matter 2016, Albany Hilton
August 8, 2016
COMING AUGUST 18, 2016:
Webinar: A Graduate Student’s Guide to Getting Involved in Indigent Defense Research
February 11, 2016
ILS Releases Hurrell-Harring Caseload Standards RFP
January 4, 2016
New Family Court Legislation
November 12, 2015
ILS Releases Hurrell-Harring Final Quality Improvement Plan and Final Counsel At Arraignment Plan
November 06, 2015
ILS Releases Cost of Compliance Estimate for 2014
ILS Board Fourth Annual Report Released
ILS Releases Parental Representation Standards
October 29, 2015
Conference On Quality Legal Representation: Definition, Measurement, Theory and Practice
October 6, 2015
NYLJ: Family Court To Get Advice On Issues Of Immigration
Watertown Times: Meeting Brings County Legislators Together To Back Indigent Defense Bill
October 5, 2015
ILS Hires Lisa Robertson as Hurrell-Harring Eligibility Standards Implementation Attorney
ILS Hires Nora Christenson as Hurrell-Harring Caseload Relief Implementation Attorney
ILS Hires Deborah Schneer as Hurrell-Harring Counsel At Arraignment Implementation Attorney
October 4, 2015
Times Union: Transfer Counties' Indigent Lawyer Service Costs To New York State
September 14, 2015
ILS Hires Amanda Oren as Hurrell-Harring Quality Improvement Implementation Attorney
September 9, 2015
ILS Seeks To Fill 2 New Positions:
Confidential Legal Assistant Hurrell-Harring Implementation Paralegal
Special Assistant Hurrell-Harring Implementation Research Assistant
August 27, 2015
NYLJ: Indigent Representation - Post-Conviction Best Practices, by ILS' Risa Gerson and Nassau County LAS' Tammy Feman
August 5, 2015
NYLJ: Brooklyn Indigents Benefit From Caseload Caps, Report Shows
Brooklyn Case Caps Study April 2015
July 13, 2015
Huffington Post: New York Leads The Way On Immigrant Defense
July 12, 2015
Albany Times-Union Editorial Advocates State Funding For ALL Counties
July 9, 2015
NYLJ: State Distributes $8.1M For Immigrant Legal Centers
July 7, 2015
NYLJ: Hearings To Consider Public Defense Guidelines
July 6, 2015
Grants Awarded For Regional Immigration Assistance Centers
Announcement Letter
Award List
July - August, 2015
ILS To Conduct Public Hearings On Eligibility For Assigned Counsel
June 23, 2015
Patricia Warth Joins ILS As Chief Hurrell-Harring Implementation Attorney
May 1, 2015
ILS Seeks To Hire Hurrell-Harring Implementation Attorneys For These Areas:
Counsel At First Appearance
Quality Enhancement
Caseload Standards
Eligibility Standards
April, 2015
ABA Publishes Why Gather Data On Parent Representation? by ILS Staff Angela Burton and Andrew Davies
March 27, 2015
Director Leahy Comments on ILS Budget For FY 2015-2016
March 18, 2015
NYLJ: Judge Approves Hurrell-Harring Settlement
March 13, 2015
Deadline To Apply For Chief Harrell-Hurring Implementation Attorney Extended To April 3, 2015
March 6, 2015
ILS Seeks To Hire An Assistant Grants Manager - Deadline To Apply March 27, 2015
February 20, 2015
NY Times: Bold Plans For New York Courts
February 17, 2015
Chief Judge Lippman's State Of The Judiciary Report
February 13, 2015
ILS Seeks To Hire Chief Hurrell-Harring Implementation Attorney
January 8, 2015
NYLJ: Standards Issued For Counsel On Indigent Criminal Appeals
January 5, 2015
Appellate Standards Released
December 24, 2014
Third Revised RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers
Proposal Due Date Friday, January 16, 2015
December 9, 2014
Q&A For Second Revised RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers
Question Period For Second Revised RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers Is Now Over
December 3, 2014
Second Revised RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers
Questions Due By: Friday, December 5
Questions Posted By: Tuesday, December 9
Proposal Due Date: Tuesday, December 30
November 25, 2014
Time Period for Q&A Regarding RFP for Immigration Assistance Centers Has Now Ended
November 17, 2014
Questions and Responses re RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers as of November 17, 2014
November 10, 2014
NY Law Journal: Indigent Legal Services OKs $950K Budget Boost
October 26, 2014
NY Times: A Rare Victory For Public Defense
October 22, 2014
Revised RFP for Immigration Assistance Centers Now Available
October 21, 2014
Questions and Responses re RFP For Immigration Assistance Centers as of October 21, 2014
October 1, 2014
NY Law Journal
Proposals Sought To Run Immigration Help Centers
September 29, 2014
NY Law Journal
Indigent Defense Seeks Funding Increase To FIll Gap
September 26, 2014
Board Sets Upstate Caseload Limits Contingent on State Funding
September 24, 2014
ILS Releases Estimate of Cost of Compliance With Maximum National Caseload Limits in Upstate New York
September 23, 2014
RFP for Immigration Assistance Centers Now Available
June 8, 2014
Chief Judge Lippman's Speech AT NYSBA Indigent Defense Conference
May 23, 2014
Albany Times Union
Public Defender Relief Is Coming
April 5, 2014
Director Leahy Addresses The European Association For American Studies in The Hague, Netherlands
March 26, 2014
ILS is seeking a research intern for Summer 2014.
Click here to apply.
February 19, 2014
Albany Times Union
Albany Public Defenders To Start Overnight Shifts
February 5, 2014
Director Leahy's 2014-2015 Budget Testimony
December 17, 2013
Oneida County Public Defender's Office Gets A Boost
December 11, 2013
ILS Office Releases Estimate of Cost of Compliance With National Caseload Standards in Upstate New York
Report
Transmittal Memo
Executive Summary
December 6, 2013
ILS Board Releases Second Annual Report
December 4, 2013
USDC Western District of Washington: Budgetary Deficiencies, High Caseloads No Defense To Sixth Amendment Violations
November 13, 2013
2014 Quality Improvement Funds (Distribution 4)
Contract Amounts
October 15, 2013
ILS Budget Request for FY 2014-2015
ABA Supports Indigent Defense Commission
October 10, 2013
Until Civil Gideon: Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman To Speak At Fordham University Law School November 1
October 4, 2013
RFP For Upstate Quality Improvement and Caseload Reduction: Final Q&A
October 3, 2013
Letter to Albany Times Union: Cuomo Can Create Model For Defense
September 26, 2013
Maryland Supreme Court Orders Attorneys at First Appearance
Text of Maryland Opinion
Albany Times Union Editorial - Defense For The Poor
September 25, 2013 - Albany Times Union
Still No Resolution In Public Defender Suit
August 22, 2013
RFP For Upstate Quality Improvement and Caseload Reduction Is Released
RFP Q&A
August 8, 2013
25 Counties Get Grants To Provide Counsel At Arraignment
July, 2013
Appellate and Parent Representation in Child Protection Proceedings Standards and Best Practices Workgroups Convene
May 1, 2013
Chief Judge Lippman's Law Day Speech
March, 2013
"Gideon at 50" Articles:
See our Media Stories of Interest Page
See also NYSDA's Gideon 50th Anniversary Page
February 6, 2013
Director Leahy's Budget Testimony
January 7, 2013
Welcome New ILS Staff Risa Gerson and Joanne Macri!
December 15-16, 2012
ILS Director William J. Leahy Addresses International Conference On Criminal Legal Aid In Beijing
See Director's Page
December 12, 2012
Chief Administrative Judge's Memo Regarding December 28 Deadline For Submitting Conflict Defender Office Plans
December 11, 2012
NYCLU Project Liberty Takes On Indigent Defense
November 30, 2012
RFP For Counsel At First Appearance Is Released
November 28, 2012
First Annual Report of ILS Board
October 30,2012
NY Court Of Appeals Upholds NYC Plan For Conflict Cases In New York County Lawyers' Association v Bloomberg