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    NAPD regularly features writings from public defender members as they respond to relevant events, consider policy questions, summarize relevant case law, or appear as guests on podcasts. The blog posts reflect the diverse perspectives of the national public defense community and do not reflect any formal positions by NAPD. Read them below!

     

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    NAPD Welcomes Renee Brodsky as New Assistant Training Director

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    NAPD
    March 21, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Wilkinson v. Garland:  Family hardship exception to cancellation of removal is reviewable by Court of Appeals

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    greg.mermelstein
    March 19, 2024
    NAPD Blog Posts

    Remarks on Gideon Day 2024 by Lori James-Townes

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    NAPD
    March 18, 2024
    LGBTQ+ Right to counsel

    As States Criminalize LGBTQ+ People, How can Lawyers Fight Back? w/Richard Saenz

    March 7, 2024
    Fees and Fines

    Even if You’re Found Not Guilty, Iowa Makes You Pay for the Full Cost of Your Public Defender w/Alex Kornya

    March 5, 2024
    Juvenile

    How Anecdotes and Fear are Driving Maryland to Undo the Juvenile Justice Reform Act w/Natasha Dartigue and Alycia Capozello

    February 29, 2024
    Judge

    212: How Three L.A. Public Defenders Hope to Change the Legal System by Becoming Judges w/Ericka Wiley, George Turner, and Kim Repecka

    February 28, 2024
    policing

    211: The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of Policing w/Michael Sierra-Arévalo

    February 27, 2024
    Funding Workload study

     Sometimes to Fix a Public Defender System, You have to be Willing to Let it Fail w/James McDermott and Paul Chambers

    February 20, 2024