Expert Services

Executive Director David Carroll and Senior Program Manager Aditi Goel present to the Task Force on the history of the right to counsel in America, 6AC’s evaluation methodology, and a comparison of South Dakota’s indigent system to other states.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher testifies at the invitation of the committee chair in a formal hearing on proposed indigent defense system reforms, including: structural independence; increased financial and qualitative oversight of direct services; and abolishing flat-fee contracting in favor of creating staff government public defender positions.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher and Senior Program Manager Aditi Goel present to the Task Force on 6AC’s evaluation of Illinois, public defender independence, and state accountability.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher presents on statewide structural issues and observations from 6AC’s evaluation in Oakland County (Pontiac), and necessary state legislative and policy reforms.

Executive Director David Carroll testifies during a formal hearing on Public Defender Commission Rules. Carroll speaks on the history of indigent defense reform in Idaho and the reasonableness of proposed rules at the invitation of the Committee Chair.

Executive Director David Carroll testifies during a formal hearing on Public Defender Commission Rules. Carroll speaks on the history of indigent defense reform in Idaho and the reasonableness of proposed rules at the invitation of the Committee Chair.

Executive Director David Carroll presents “Early Appointment of Counsel at Gideon’s 60th Anniversary,” as the DOJ launch a cross-country tour in honor of the 60th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright called “Six Stops for the Sixth Amendment” elevating the importance of public defense services. The event featured the Deputy Attorney General, Lisa Monaco, and Director of the Office for Access to Justice, Rachel Rossi.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher presents the right to counsel in Oregon, and the need for legislative reforms to state’s indigent defense system to correct deficiencies identified in 6AC’s statewide evaluation.

Program Manager Rachael Liebert speaks to first-year law students on the important role critical indigent defense systems play in the criminal justice system and the role of defense counsel in plea bargaining.

Program Manager Rachael Liebert speaks to first-year law students on the critical role strong indigent defense systems play in the criminal justice system and the role of defense counsel in plea bargaining.

Senior Program Manager Aditi Goel presents at the program’s "The Myths of Public Safety: Pretrial" speaker series – organized by Program Director Katy Naples-Mitchell and Professor Sandra Susan Smith – on 6AC’s research in various jurisdictions on the early appointment of counsel and systemic pressures that indigent people face to waive their right to counsel.

Senior Program Manager Aditi Goel presents on a panel about the early appointment of counsel and observations from 6AC’s evaluation in Santa Cruz, CA. Also as panelists were Professor Paul Heaton at the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice at UPenn Law, Office of the State Public Defender Indigent Defense Improvement Division Executive Director Galit Lipa, and Associate Judge Juliet J. McKenna of the D.C. Superior Court.