Lasting change takes effort and cooperation by stakeholders across the criminal justice system, including the general public, to deliver on reform.
The Sixth Amendment includes a set of rights for people who are accused of crimes and brought to court. These rights help ensure fair trials and accurate verdicts.
Lasting change takes effort and cooperation by stakeholders across the criminal justice system, including the general public, to deliver on reform.
The Sixth Amendment includes a set of rights for people who are accused of crimes and brought to court. These rights help ensure fair trials and accurate verdicts.
TTA Recipient : City of Eugene, Oregon Municipal Court
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : On Demand
Area of Focus : Provide expertise to determine appropriate compensation methodology for municipal indigent defense contracts and consider the feasibility of creating a municipal public defender office. Support recommendations of the State’s 2019 report on trial level public defense, as applicable to municipalities prosecuting criminal charges.
TTA Recipient : Oregon State Legislature
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : On Demand
Area of Focus : Provide expert assistance in how other states implement oversight and supervisory structures to ensure both financial accountability and effective assistance of counsel in all courts statewide.
TTA Recipient : Oregon Office of Public Defender Services
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Support OPDS’s implementation of recommendations in the January 2019 report, “Evaluation of Trial Level Public Defense Representation Provided Through the Office of Public Defense Services,” prepared by 6AC. Assist OPDS in planning how best to structure data collection efforts, both in the short-term until a new case management system is implemented, and after the new system is in place.
TTA Recipient : West Virginia Public Defender Services
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Explore development of a statewide integrated database allowing access to critical information by all stakeholders in the criminal justice system.
TTA Recipient : Augusta, GA Judicial Circuit Office of the Public Defender
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Improve and enhance practice and process in Richmond County State Court, a high-volume misdemeanor court.
TTA Recipient: Georgia Public Defender Council
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: Strategic Planning
Area of Focus: Help GPDC chart a path toward expanded use of case advocates in all areas of state, especially rural circuits.
TTA Recipient: Guam Public Defender Service Corporation
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: Strategic Planning
Area of Focus: Improve and enhance practice based on national standards, specifically in the areas of holistic defense, jury pool diversity, attorney/client confidentiality, and independence of defense function. Integrate best practices into strategic plan.
TTA Recipient: Guam Public Defender Service Corporation
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: On Demand
Area of Focus: Help develop attorney performance standards.
TTA Recipient: Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office, 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: On Demand
Area of Focus : Help create case and trial preparation checklists for effective and competent representation.
TTA Recipient: Indiana Public Defender Commission
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: On Demand
Area of focus: Help develop a system to measure and assess the quality of public defense services to clients.
TTA Recipient: 19th Judicial District Court, Section VI, Criminal and Traffic Courts, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Type of Training and Technical Assistance: Strategic Planning
Area of Focus: Improve and implement a plan for earlier representation at arraignment and bail hearings in accordance with best practices.
TTA Recipient : Illinois Administrative Office of the Courts
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Assessment
Area of Focus : Assessment of trial-level adult representation based on ten sample counties (Champaign, Cook, DuPage, Gallatin, Hardin, LaSalle, Madison, Mercer, Schuyler, and Stephenson).
TTA Recipient : South Carolina Judicial Branch
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Help Judicial Department implement the right to counsel in Summary Courts (municipal and magistrate courts).
TTA Recipient : Utah Indigent Defense Commission
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Strategic development of and prioritizing action items related to UIDC’s areas of statutorily-mandated responsibility.
TTA Recipient : Michigan State Appellate Defender Office
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Improve overall quality of appellate criminal representation across the state for indigent clients.
TTA Recipient : Las Vegas, NV Justice Courts
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Improve and enhance Initial Appearance (IA) Court process and Pretrial Services.
TTA Recipient : Pima County, AZ Public Defense Services
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Improve Initial Appearance (IA) Court procedure and practice, and increase timely and complete disclosure.
TTA Recipient : Defender Association of Philadelphia, PA
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Enhancing practices around early representation and advocacy for release.
TTA Recipient : Texas Indigent Defense Commission
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Strategic Planning
Area of Focus : Assist TIDC to prioritize and undertake action items relating to indigent defense funding, oversight, and system building in the state’s 254 counties.
TTA Recipient : Armstrong and Potter counties, Texas (Amarillo)
Type of Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) : Assessment
Area of Focus : Assessment of trial-level adult representation.
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