• This graphic says it all, designed for public defenders, by Legal Aid Society public defender Celia Givens. Used with permission.

  • Ohio State Public Defender Tim Young presents at an annual NAPD Executive Leadership Institute. Photo (c) Lorinda Youngcourt

  • San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi leads a protest in response to police killings in the Bay area. Photo (c) Jeff Adachi 

  • NAPD members hard at work. Photo (c) Lorinda Youngcourt

  • Hamilton County (OH) public defenders provide expungement services to their clients. 

  • In the wake of protests over justice for Freddie Gray, Baltimore public defenders arrive at the jail house to provide counsel for arrested protesters. Photo (c) Katie D'Adamo

  • Louisiana public defender Mark Plaisance argues for teh retroactive application of Miller before the US Supreme Court. Image used with permission (c) Art Lien/www.courtartist.com

  • The struggle to end excessive workloads was the galvanizing issue for NAPD's formation; Orleans Public Defenders take their struggle to prime time. Photo used with permission.

NAPD mourns the passing of Norm Lefstein, who has been a friend, colleague and reformer of public defense systems for more than 5 decades. A prolific thinker, writer, advocate, and mentor, he is the architect of public defense reform. A light in our community has gone out, but his legacy will last for many, many years.  

UPCOMING EVENTS


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Recent Contributors

  • Marty Feinman, Director of Juvenile Justice Trainings, Legal Aid Society (NY)
  • Aaron Goldstein, Attorney Supervisor, Cook County Public Defender, Cook County, IL
  • Jennifer Kinsley, Professor, Northern Kentucky University School of Law
  • Richard Pittman, Director of Juvenile Defender Services, Louisiana Public Defender Board
  • Prya Murad, Assistant Public Defender, 15th Circuit Public Defender (Palm Beach, FL)
  • Melinda Drewer and Flint Stebbins, ABC Law Group, Everett, WA 
  • Chant'a Parker, Innocence Project
  • Lisa Feinman, Director of Special Litigation & Law Reform, Legal Aid Society, New York, NY
  • Jill Paperno, Second Asst. Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender's Office, NY

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  • Jefff Adachi, Chief Public Defender, San Francisco Public Defender's Office, CA
  • Emily Coward, Project Attorney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Sarah Buchanan, Director of Social Services, Knox County Community Law Office (TN)
     
  • Patrick Brayer, Coordinator of Law Students and Interns, Missouri State Public Defender System
  • Janene McCabe, Director of Technical Litigation, Colorado State Public Defender
  • Andre Vitale, Special Assistant Public Defender, Monroe County Public Defender's Office (NY)
  • Terence Davidson, Paralegal, Legal Aid Society (New York, NY)
  • Michael Barrett, State Public Defender, Missouri State Public Defender System
  • Alex Bunin, Chief Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office, TX

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