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Download - 2018 Executive Summary
A study conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and BlumShapiro to establish public defense workload standards for the State of Rhode Island, called The Rhode Island Project.
A study conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and Rubin Brown LLP on behalf of the Colorado Office of State Public Defender to establish public defense workload standards for the State of Colorado, called The Colorado Project.
Provides guidance regarding the legitimate purposes and appropriate scope of monitoring and evaluation.
This work builds on earlier reports on the ABA's Comprehensive Legal Needs Study. It offers policy conclusions that might be drawn from the legal needs study. The executive summary is provided here.
A study conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense and Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC on behalf of the Louisiana Public Defender Board to establish public defense workload standards for the State of Louisiana, called the Louisiana Project.
Workload studies are a critical first step in improving public defender systems. This groundbreaking report not only documents the Missouri Project workload study, but also provides a National Blueprint for future studies.
The standards for delivering indigent criminal defense that is effective, efficient, ethical, and conflict-free.
Essential guidance for the thousands of attorneys who provide indigent criminal defense and suffer from excessive workloads.
