An interview with Justine Olderman

The Bronx Defenders recently joined NAPD. Here is an interview with BxD Executive Director, Justine Olderman. NAPD:  Tell us about your career as a public defender?   When I went to law school, I was deeply interested in social justice […]

NAPD Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

On February 5, 2018, NAPD mailed the letter below to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, relating to the appointment of the new (interim) defender leaders. You can download the letter HERE Dear Supervisors,   The National Association for […]

NAPD Kicks off Workloads Conference

The National Association for Public Defense (NAPD) will hold its 2017 Workloads Conference at St. Louis University School of Law on November 17-18, 2017. Public defenders from across the nation will gather in St. Louis to address the problem of […]

NAPD Files Amicus Urging SCOTUS to Reverse a Decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholding a Conviction Obtained through the Knowing and Uncorrected Use of False Testimony

On September 15, 2017, the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), in collaboration with Miller & Chevalier, a Washington, D.C.-based firm, filed a brief as amicus curiae in support of a petition for certiorari urging the United States Supreme Court […]

NAPD Has a Training Director!

Jeff Sherr, NAPD Training Director Training and education have been NAPD’s highest priorities since our beginning on January 1, 2014.  In fact, we had an Education Committee before we had a website.  There have been amazing volunteers who have taken […]

West Virginia Public Defender Professional Jonathan Friley Joins NAPD Staff

NAPD is thrilled to welcome Jonathan Friley to NAPD's staff. Keeping with our staffing model, Jonathan is a part-time contractor who also works as a public defender professional for the Public Defender Services in West Virginia. We are so grateful […]

An Interview with Delaware State Public Defender J. Brendan O’Neill

Delaware State Public Defender J. Brendan O'Neill NAPD:  Tell us about your career as a public defender?    My first job as a lawyer was in 1975 in the Los Angeles County D.A.’s Office.  After a little more than a […]

Jon Lyon Joins NAPD Team to Support National Public Defense Survey Project

NAPD is proud to announce that it has hired additional support to assist with the National Public Defense Survey Design Project, which is a project funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (within the Department of Justice). Jon started with […]

On Gideon Anniversary, NAPD Releases Foundational Principles

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC DEFENSE FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES   Introduction   This document sets forth Foundational Principles adopted by NAPD, which we recommend to our members and other persons and organizations interested in advancing the cause of equal justice for accused persons.  […]

NAPD Opposes Sessions|Q| Nomination

We are the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), a national organization of nearly 15,000 public defenders and other public defense professionals.  We listened to the testimony in the hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee that were conducted during the […]