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    NAPD Statement on Executive Order on Student Loan Forgiveness

    March 10, 2025
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    NAPD Response to Recent Federal Policy Changes

    March 14, 2025
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    March 16, 2017

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    Letter to the Orleans District Attorney

    December 28, 2016
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    Statement on the 2016 Election

    November 27, 2016
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    Letter to Aurora, CO, City Council

    November 11, 2016
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    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
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    Letter to Houston County, GA, Board of Commissioners

    August 16, 2016
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    Letter to Jefferson County, Alabama, Indigent Defense Advisory Board

    July 27, 2016
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    Letter to ABA Litigation Journal: Defender Workloads are Unethical

    July 21, 2016
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    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
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    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
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    Joint Letter to U.S. Attorney General Requesting Federal Investigation in Orange County, California

    November 17, 2015
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    Letter to U.S. House Judiciary Committee Supporting National Criminal Justice Commission and the National Center for the Right to Counsel

    June 30, 2015
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    Letter to Louisiana House Judiciary Committee

    May 26, 2015
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    Letter to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Hearing on Misdemeanor Representation

    May 19, 2015
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    Policy Statement on the Predatory Collection of Costs, Fines, and Fees in America’s Criminal Courts

    May 13, 2015
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    Letter to Maryland House Judiciary Committee

    March 19, 2015