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We — all of us in our profession — have become the principal facilitators of mass incarceration in our nation
Upcoming ‘watershed’ moment in public defense could spark nationwide solutions
Public defense across the West suffers deep-rooted, decades-old problems. States have...
The William P Murphy Scholarship Fund At The Missouri University School Of Law
This scholarship will support diverse and underrepresented students pursuing elective...
The Professor William P Murphy Scholarship At The University Of Missouri Law School
Here’s a video about a wonderful day we had recently at my law school. I got to say a...
Defenders In Distress
On Jan. 21 the American Bar Association released a two-year study of Oregon's public...
Stephen F. Hanlon Leads National Effort To Reform Indigent Defense
As general counsel to the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), law professor...
Consulting The Oracle
In November 2015, word spread through New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward that people were DJing...
Equal Defense And Justice For Indigent People
Stephen F Hanlon is a longtime public interest and civil rights trial lawyer whose...
Lawyer Hanlon National CLE Presentation
Summing it Up: My Work on Public Defender Workload Studies and Litigation to Enforce...
NEW ABA/SCLAID PUBLIC DEFENDER WORKLOAD STUDIES REPORT
Table of Contents...
Stephen F. Hanlon Leads National Effort To Reform Indigent Defense
Stephen F. Hanlon, professor of practice at Saint Louis University School of Law,...
Interview With Hunter Parnell On Public Defenseless
You can listen to the entire podcast on Spotify and Apple.
One Man’s Fight For Reshaping The Nation’s Public Defense System
When Stephen F. Hanlon talks about leaving his job leading the nation’s largest private...
New Mexico Public Defender’s Five-Year Plan To Reduce Representation Deficiency
A FOLLOW UP TO THE FINDINGS IN: “The New Mexico Project – An Analysis of The New Mexico...
Punishing the Poor
“[T]he Supreme Court’s Sixth Amendment decisions regarding misdemeanor defendants are...
Court Watching in Nashville
It is ironic that defendants in the courts are charged with violations of the law and...
Let Us Fight Together
Upcoming ‘watershed’ moment in public defense could spark nationwide solutions
Public defense across the West suffers deep-rooted, decades-old problems. States have...
The William P Murphy Scholarship Fund At The Missouri University School Of Law
This scholarship will support diverse and underrepresented students pursuing elective...
The Professor William P Murphy Scholarship At The University Of Missouri Law School
Here’s a video about a wonderful day we had recently at my law school. I got to say a...
Defenders In Distress
On Jan. 21 the American Bar Association released a two-year study of Oregon's public...
Stephen F. Hanlon Leads National Effort To Reform Indigent Defense
As general counsel to the National Association for Public Defense (NAPD), law professor...
Consulting The Oracle
In November 2015, word spread through New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward that people were DJing...
Equal Defense And Justice For Indigent People
Stephen F Hanlon is a longtime public interest and civil rights trial lawyer whose...
Lawyer Hanlon National CLE Presentation
Summing it Up: My Work on Public Defender Workload Studies and Litigation to Enforce...
NEW ABA/SCLAID PUBLIC DEFENDER WORKLOAD STUDIES REPORT
Table of Contents...
Stephen F. Hanlon Leads National Effort To Reform Indigent Defense
Stephen F. Hanlon, professor of practice at Saint Louis University School of Law,...
Interview With Hunter Parnell On Public Defenseless
You can listen to the entire podcast on Spotify and Apple.
One Man’s Fight For Reshaping The Nation’s Public Defense System
When Stephen F. Hanlon talks about leaving his job leading the nation’s largest private...
New Mexico Public Defender’s Five-Year Plan To Reduce Representation Deficiency
A FOLLOW UP TO THE FINDINGS IN: “The New Mexico Project – An Analysis of The New Mexico...
Punishing the Poor
“[T]he Supreme Court’s Sixth Amendment decisions regarding misdemeanor defendants are...
Court Watching in Nashville
It is ironic that defendants in the courts are charged with violations of the law and...
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