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    NAPD Statement on Executive Order on Student Loan Forgiveness

    March 10, 2025
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    Foundational Principles

    March 16, 2017

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    Public Comment on the National Commission on Forensic Science

    May 30, 2017
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    Joint Statement in Support of the Use of Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments

    May 10, 2017
    Key Standards Positions & Statements

    Foundational Principles

    March 16, 2017
    Key Standards Positions & Statements

    Statement on Reducing Demand For Public Defense

    March 2, 2017
    Assessments & Reports

    Report on the Texas Regional Public Defender Office for Capital Cases

    January 6, 2017
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to the Orleans District Attorney

    December 28, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Statement on the 2016 Election

    November 27, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to Aurora, CO, City Council

    November 11, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to New York Governor on State Funding

    September 2, 2016
    Ethics Opinions

    Ethics Opinion 16-2: Circumstances in Which Lawyers Can, and Cannot, Communicate with Witnesses and Others Who May Be Represented

    August 22, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to Houston County, GA, Board of Commissioners

    August 16, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to Jefferson County, Alabama, Indigent Defense Advisory Board

    July 27, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Letter to ABA Litigation Journal: Defender Workloads are Unethical

    July 21, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    NAPD Policy Statement on Independence (May 2020)

    July 1, 2016
    Assessments & Reports

    Louisiana’s 16th Judicial District Public Defender Office Technical Assistance Report

    June 1, 2016
    Ethics Opinions

    Ethics Opinion 16-1: When Defense Counsel Must Turn Over Material to the Prosecution

    March 1, 2016
    Positions & Statements

    Open Letter to Judge Sean C. Gallagher, Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth Appellate District

    February 10, 2016
    Guides & Tools

    Juvenile Defense Self-Assessment Tool

    February 1, 2016
    Annual Report

    2015 Annual Report

    December 1, 2015
    Joint Statements Positions & Statements

    Joint Letter to U.S. Attorney General Requesting Federal Investigation in Orange County, California

    November 17, 2015