NAPD Welcomes Mary Hotovy Membership & Core Staff Resource Coordinator

NAPD extends a warm welcome to Mary Hotovy, our new Membership and Core Staff Resource Coordinator. Mary brings with her over twenty years of dedicated experience in government and non-profits. Throughout her diverse career, Mary has always defined herself as […]

Giving Tuesday – Fund For Justice

If you prefer donating through Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1GgH6kePWn/ The NAPD Fund for Justice will be funding scholarships for defenders and defender staff for leadership and skills programs, technical assistance to local defender programs on issues such as reducing workloads, obtaining […]

Update on the Census and Survey of Public Defender Offices

NAPD is part of the teams working on two major research projects from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS): the Census and Survey of Public Defender Offices. BJS has recently shared updates on each project. The […]

Strengthening Defense Teams: NAPD’s Team Mitigation Institute

The National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) recently hosted their Team MitigationInstitute in Seattle, Washington. This intensive, multidisciplinary event brought together publicdefenders from across the country to hone their skills in developing and implementing effectivemitigation strategies for their clients. The […]

Announcing NAPD Board of Directors President Elizabeth Miller and New Officers

The National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) is excited to announce that Ohio State Public Defender Elizabeth Miller has been appointed as the President of its Board of Directors. Elizabeth has over 20 years of experience with the Office of […]

Doug Wilson

We mourn the loss of Douglas Wilson, a well-respected figure in the field of public defense whose recent passing marks the end of an era. Doug’s dedication to justice was unparalleled. His role as a founding member of the National […]

NAPD Changemakers Forum Tackles Public Defense Challenges

The NAPD’s Changemakers Forum sparked innovation and collaboration in Salt Lake City, Utah. This creative event brought together a diverse group of public defense leaders for a dynamic exchange of ideas focused on tackling the most pressing challenges in the […]

NAPD Partners with ABA to Launch Task Force for Public Defense Independence

From the ABA’s announcement: WASHINGTON, March 26, 2024 – The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section and Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (SCLAID), in partnership with the National Association for Public Defense, today announced the creation of the Task Force for Public Defense Independence. […]

NAPD’s DEIJ Coordinator Attends Meeting on Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trial

NAPD’s DEIJ Coordinator, Brittany Gail Thomas (BGT), Esq., participated in a 2-day meeting, Preserving the Future of Juries and Jury Trial hosted by the National Center for State Courts and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Washington, DC […]

NAPD Publishes Policy Statement on Workloads

Since its founding ten years ago, NAPD has been a leading national voice on reducing public defense workloads. In light of new research and developments in public defense, NAPD has updated its previous guidance from 2015 and 2017, and adopted […]