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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February 29, 2024
Ohio Indigent Defense System Task Force Columbus, Ohio
6AC Executive Director, David Carroll, and Deputy Director, Aditi Goel, present on the recommendations of the Ohio State Bar and on state versus county obligations under the 6th Amendment.
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January 3, 2024
New Hampshire Judicial Branch Nashua, New Hampshire
Deputy Director Aditi Goel presents to the New Hampshire judicial branch on the history of the right to counsel in America, and the court’s role in ensuring the right to counsel.
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December 7, 2023
Oregon Public Defense Commission Salem, Oregon – by videoconference
Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present to the commission members of the newly created commission’s dual constitutional roles: protecting the defender system’s independence, and ensuring structural accountability through setting and enforcing minimum standards.
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October 12, 2023
Mississippi Legislature, House Judiciary B Committee Jackson, Mississippi
Executive Director David Carroll leads off the first-ever legislative hearing about the current state of indigent defense services in Mississippi. Carroll presented the findings and recommendations from 6AC’s evaluation of Mississippi. Other participants: Andre de Gruy, State Public Defender; Hon. Prentiss Harrell, 15th Circuit Court; and Hon. Justice James Kitchens, Mississippi Supreme Court.
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September 25, 2023
South Dakota Unified Judicial System’s Task Force to Examine the Delivery of Indigent Defense Pierre, South Dakota
Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Aditi Goel participate in the Task Force meeting studying indigent defense services.
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August 29, 2023
South Dakota Unified Judicial System’s Task Force to Examine the Delivery of Indigent Defense Pierre, South Dakota
Executive Director David Carroll and Senior Program Manager Aditi Goel participate in the Task Force meeting studying indigent defense services.
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November 6, 2024
Public Defenseless Podcast – “How South Dakota is Fixing its Public Defense Crisis”
Deputy Director Aditi Goel speaks with Hunter Parnell on Public Defenseless Podcast on 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services in South Dakota and the state’s reform efforts before and after the evaluation.
September 26, 2024
California Symposium, Meeting the Need: The State of Public Defense in California 2024 Davis, California
Deputy Director Aditi Goel presents on California's indigent defense system relative to the nation at the first California state symposium on public defense, co-hosted by the Office of the State Public Defender and University of California Davis Law School.
September 25, 2024
Press Conference Pierre, South Dakota
Deputy Director Aditi Goel speaks at a joint press conference with the South Dakota Unified Judicial System to announce the release of 6AC’s report on public defense services in South Dakota. Other participants: Steven R. Jensen, South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice; Neil Fulton, South Dakota Commission on Indigent Legal Services Chair.
August 15, 2024
Public Defenseless Podcast – “The Problems with Public Defense in Guam”
Deputy Director Aditi Goel speaks with Hunter Parnell on Public Defenseless Podcast about 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services on Guam and the constitutional requirement of judicial independence.
June 7, 2024
Indiana Public Defender Council Carmel, Indiana
Senior Program Associate Jiacheng Yu presents at the Indiana Public Defender Council’s Annual Update conference on 6AC's 2016 evaluation of Indiana and the state of the right to counsel.
March 18, 2024
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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.
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