• Blogs

    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!

     

    Refine Results

    Clear All

    Displaying 63 of 1227 Results

    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    U.S. v. Rahimi:  Prohibiting persons with domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns doesn’t violate Second Amendment

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    September 9, 2024
    NAPD Conference Recap

    We the Defenders Detroit: WTD Recap Blog

    Author
    Corey Smith
    September 4, 2024
    NAPD Conference Recap

    We the Defenders Detroit: Detroit is the phoenix born from the ashes anew

    Author
    Timothy C. McArthur, LCSW
    September 4, 2024
    NAPD Conference Recap

    We the Defenders Detroit: A Catalyst for Change in Public Defense

    Author
    Renee Brodsky
    September 4, 2024
    Podcast

    The Challenges of Providing Holistic Defense in Rural North Carolina w/Beth Stang

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    September 4, 2024
    Podcast

    How a Person Can Get Evicted for being the Victim of a Crime too Many Times w/Alex Kornya

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    September 3, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Gonzalez v. Trevino:  Fifth Circuit too narrowly applied “Nieves exception” to bar retaliatory arrest claim

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    August 29, 2024
    Court Summaries Supreme Court

    Dep’t of State v. Munoz:  Constitution doesn’t require noncitizen spouses be admitted to U.S

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    August 29, 2024
    Podcast

    What Was Happening in Grants Pass, Oregon Before the Supreme Court OK’d Criminalizing Homelessness w/Jeremiah Hayden

    Author
    hunter.parnell
    August 29, 2024