Expert Services
We provide technical assistance that is tailored to the unique needs and requests in each jurisdiction. This ranges from staffing government task forces, to holding confidential one-on-one meetings, to testifying before legislatures when asked. We also educate the public through speaking engagements, our Pleading the Sixth blog, and sharing what we know about the right to counsel so you can help fix the issue.
Government Technical Assistance
Speaking Engagements
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September 12, 2016
Nevada Advisory Committee on the Administration of Justice Carson City, Nevada
The Nevada legislature created the state’s Advisory Committee on the Administration of Justice as a body to build consensus among all criminal justice stakeholders and policymakers about how best to further the aims of justice and coordinate legislative action. 6AC Executive Director David Carroll presents the history of the right to counsel in Nevada and the findings of the Nevada Supreme Court Task Force on Indigent Defense.
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May 17, 2016
Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Act Program, national hearings Minneapolis, Minnesota
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., appointed the Committee to Review the Criminal Justice Act Program. That Committee is conducting a comprehensive and impartial review of the delivery of indigent defense in the federal criminal system. 6AC Executive Director David Carroll testifies, by invitation, at the last in a series of hearings held around the nation.
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April 15, 2016
Tennessee Supreme Court, Indigent Representation Task Force Nashville, Tennessee
In order to guarantee that the indigent representation system in Tennessee is addressing the needs of its recipients as well as benefiting the taxpayers of Tennessee, the Task Force is reviewing the current indigent representation system. 6AC Executive Director David Carroll testifies at the Task Force meeting, as they begin this important evaluative work.
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June 2, 2015
Idaho Legislative Interim Committee on Indigent Defense Boise, Idaho
David Carroll addresses “Liberty vs. Tyranny: The Right to Counsel, and Our Uniquely American Adversarial System of Justice.”
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April 14, 2015
Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Lansing, Michigan
David Carroll discusses “Implementing Act 93: Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.”
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December 4, 2014
Nevada Supreme Court Las Vegas, Nevada
David Carroll provides testimony before the Nevada Supreme Court on the abolition of flat-fee contracts for public defense representation.
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September 16, 2015
University of Massachusetts School of Law Dartmouth, Massachusetts
David Carroll makes a presentation to law students on the “National Perspective on Indigent Defense Systems and Standards.”
July 13, 2015
National Association of Counties, Annual Conference Charlotte, North Carolina
David Carroll, along with Preeti Menon of the Office of Justice Programs at American University, presents a workshop at NACo’s 80th Annual Conference & Exposition discussing how county officials and public defenders can join forces to form safer communities.
July 1, 2015
National Sheriff’s Association Baltimore, Maryland
David Carroll, along with Preeti Menon of the Office of Justice Programs at American University, presents at the NSA Annual Conference on “What Every Sheriff Should Know About the Sixth Amendment (or, How Criminal Defense Attorneys Improve Public Safety.”
June 12, 2015
Connecticut State Public Defender Hartford, Connecticut
David Carroll and Jon Mosher provide a joint presentation at the Annual Meeting of Connecticut public defenders on “The Right to Counsel: Systemic Safeguards for the Sixth Amendment.”
January 5, 2015
6AC Justice Watch program Jackson, Mississippi
In conjunction with Harvard Law School students and attorneys from Hogan Lovells US LLP, Jon Mosher and Elly Kalfus present “Justice Watch: Studying the Right to Counsel in Mississippi.”
December 14, 2014
Support Our Work
Criminal justice issues that disproportionately harm poor people, such as wrongful convictions and over-incarceration, cannot be fixed if indigent defendants are given attorneys who do not have the time, resources, or qualifications, to be a constitutional check on government. Yet, investment in improving indigent defense services remains largely neglected. The Sixth Amendment Center is the only nonprofit organization in the country that exclusively examines, uncovers, and helps fix the root of the indigent defense crisis in which inequality is perpetuated because poor defendants do not get a fair fight.
The Sixth Amendment Center is a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization under EIN: 45-3477185.
Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable under the law.
