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Executive Director David Carroll participates to discuss on-going reform efforts in Maine, including the creation of a statewide appellate defender office and trial-level public defender offices in Cumberland (Portland), Kennebec (Augusta), and Penobscot (Bangor) counties.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher testifies on representation of misdemeanor defendants and how U.S. Supreme Court case law requires the state to ensure that indigent defendants receive qualified counsel who have sufficient time to provide effective assistance of counsel.

Executive Director David Carroll presents the final findings and recommendations from the 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services provided by the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services in the state trial courts.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present the findings and recommendations from 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services provided by the Public Defense Services Commission and the Office of Public Defense Services in Oregon’s state trial courts and discuss recommendations moving forward.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present an overview of the 6AC’s upcoming statewide evaluation of adult trial level indigent defense services, funded through a grant of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher presents the final findings and recommendations, for response and comment, from 6AC’s evaluation of public defense services provided by the Public Defense Services Commission and the Office of Public Defense Services in Oregon’s state trial courts.

Program Manager Aditi Goel speaks as a panelist to law students at UVA Law on the state of indigent defense across the nation, 6AC’s success in indigent defense reform throughout the country, and the importance of strengthening indigent defense systems in order to advance criminal justice reform. Also as a panelist is Charlie Gerstein, Senior Attorney, Civil Rights Corps.

Executive Director David Carroll presents on state-level indigent defense funding at “Preparing for 2021 and Beyond: The Outlook for Public Interest Lawyers and Advocacy. The ABA webinar focuses on civil and criminal systemic issues of race, rights, and access to justice. He is joined on the panel with: Patricia Lee Refo, ABA President; Ronald S. Flagg, Legal Services Corporation President; Justice Adrienne Nelson, Oregon Supreme Court; April Faith-Slaker, Associate Director of Research Innovations, Access to Justice Lab, Harvard Law School; Jaime Hawk, Legal Strategy Director, ACLU of Washington; Radhika Singh, Chief, Civil Legal Services, National Legal Aid & Defender Association; and Brendon Woods, Public Defender of Alameda County.

Executive Director David Carroll participates to discuss on-going reform efforts in Maine.

Deputy Director Jon Mosher presents to a membership association of appointed county public defenders from across the state of Illinois, at which he provided an overview of our statewide evaluation of right to counsel services in Illinois. The presentation highlighted the Council’s primary concerns of excessive caseload, budget, and independence issues.

Executive Director David Carroll presents “Liberty v. Tyranny: The State of America’s Constitutional Right to Counsel” at NCSL’s Advancing Justice 2020 conference. He is joined on the panel with: J.J. Gentry, South Carolina Ethics Lawyer; Senator Gerald Malloy, South Carolina; and, Julie Wassen, author, Right on Crime.

Executive Director David Carroll and Deputy Director Jon Mosher present “Watching the Watchmen: Independence, the Indigent, and the Public Defender Agency at Fifty,” discussing the history of the right to counsel and the state’s Fourteenth Amendment obligation to provide the Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel.