This is what I have been working on for the past 10 years. Below is a very good article that describes the significance of the new National Public Defense Workload Standards (NPDWS) and my recent formation of the Quality Defense Alliance (QDA) to enforce the NPDWS...
This scholarship will support diverse and underrepresented students pursuing elective courses in constitutional law who show a commitment to public service honoring the principled life of Professor Murphy.
On Jan. 21 the American Bar Association released a two-year study of Oregon’s public defense system and attorney workloads, affirming what public defenders have known for years: They are under-resourced, overwhelmed and have unsustainable caseloads. The ABA...
As general counsel to the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), law professor Stephen F. Hanlon, J.D., is taking on a monumental challenge: to put an end to 50 years of what he claims is a broken criminal justice system as it relates to indigent defense....
