Links to More Resources

Public defense resources

In March 2009, Dawn Van Hoek of the State Appellate Defender Office published a white paper entited "Penny-Wise and Pound Foolish," discussing the cost savings of an effective public defense system.

On July 10, 2008, the Campaign for Justice and the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan hosted a joint meeting, featuring Director Nicholas Chiarkas, Deputy Director Kelli Thompson of the Wisconsin State Public Defender Office and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm. Click here for resources from that meeting.

Additional Michigan's Public Defense Resources are collected and maintained by the Criminal Defense Resource Center of the State Appellate Defender Office, at www.sado.org/publicdefense

National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA), Defense Resources, at www.nlada.org/Defender

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), at www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/DefenseUpdates/ID_by_State

ABA Indigent Defense / Public Defender Systems, at www.abanet.org/legalservices/sclaid/defender/research.html