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Note that many of the publications prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program can be accessed from the website for the
ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants.
INDIGENT DEFENSE STUDIES
National Level Projects
Rates of Compensation Paid to Court Appointed Counsel in Non-Capital Felony Cases: A State by State Overview.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association Bar Information Program; October 2002. (National- Total pages: 30)
Time of Entry of Counsel in Indigent Defense Cases. Prepared for the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 2002. (National- Total pages: 6)
Training Requirements for Indigent Defense Attorneys. Prepared for the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 2002. (National- Total pages: 22)
Determination of Eligibility for Public Defense. Prepared for the Texas Task Force on Indigent Defense on
behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; May 2002. (National- Total pages: 15)
Public Defender Application Fees: 2001 Update. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program; May 2001. (National- Total pages: 28)
Comprehensive Central Administrative Salary Information of State-Funded Indigent Defense Systems. Prepared
for the West Virginia Public Defender Services on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
February 2001. (National - Total pages: 14)
Statewide Indigent Defense Systems: 2001. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program; 2001. (National- Total pages: 14)
Rates of Compensation for Court Appointed Counsel in Capital Cases at Trial: A State-by-State Overview, 1999.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; October 1999. (National - Total pages: 31)
Rates of Compensation Paid to Court-Appointed Counsel in Non-Capital Felony Cases at Trial: A State-by-State
Overview, 1999. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; October 1999.
(National - Total pages: 28)
Rates of Compensation for Court Appointed Counsel in Capital Cases at Trial: A State-by-State Overview.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; April 1998. (National - Total pages: 28)
Comparative Analysis of Indigent Defense Expenditures and Caseloads in States with Mixed State and County Funding.
Prepared for the Georgia Indigent Defense Council on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
February 1998. (National - Total pages: 20)
Rates of Compensation Paid to Court-Appointed Counsel in Non-Capital Felony Cases at Trial: A State-by-State
Overview. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; October 1997.
(National - Total pages: 27)
An Updated Analysis of the Right to Counsel and Right to Compensation and Expenses in State Post-Conviction
Death Penalty Cases. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty
Representation Project. September 1997. (National - Total pages: 82)
Questions and Answers Concerning Fixed Price Contracts for Representation of Indigent Defendants.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association Bar Information Program; May 1996. (National- Total pages: 19)
An Updated Analysis of the Right to Counsel and Right to Compensation and Expenses in State Post-Conviction
Death Penalty Cases. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty
Representation Project; March 1996. (National - Total pages: 65)
Findings Concerning Contract for the Delivery of Indigent Defense Services. Prepared on behalf of the
American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; July 1995. (National- Total pages: 34)
Additional Revenue Sources for Indigent Defense Programs. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program; 1994. (National- Total pages: 8)
The Indigent Defense Crisis. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association.
Section of Criminal Justice, Ad Hoc Committee on Indigent Defense Crisis; August 1993. (National - Total pages: 37)
Saving Our System: A National Overview of the Crisis in America's System of Justice. Prepared on behalf of
the American Bar Association, Special Committee on Funding the Justice System; August-1993.
(National - Total pages: 88)
Approaches and Solutions: Practical Steps to Address the Crisis in America's System of Justice. Prepared on
behalf of the American Bar Association, Special Committee on Funding the Justice System; May 1993.
(National - Total pages: 20)
A Comprehensive Approach to Containing the Cost and Caseload of Indigent Defense Services in the Criminal
Justice System. Prepared on behalf of the State Justice Institute; January 1993. (National - Total pages: 58)
Indigent Defense Services. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
October 1992. (National)
Funding the Justice System: A Call to Action. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Special Committee on Funding the Justice System; August 1992. (National - Total pages: 61)
A Comparison of Prosecution and Defense Resources for Capital Litigation. Prepared on behalf of the
American Bar Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project; October 1990.
(National - Total pages: 8)
Federal Habeas Corpus Representation in Capital Cases. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project; October 1990. (National)
A Report on Post-Conviction Capital Representation: Problems and Solutions. Prepared on behalf of
the American Bar Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project. September-1990.
(National - Total pages: 7)
Appellate Indigent Defense System Review. Prepared on behalf of the Indigent Defense Task Force and
the Office of the Administrator for the Courts of Washington; December 1989. (National - Total pages: 11)
Analysis of the Right to Counsel and Right to Compensation and Expenses in State Post-Conviction Death
Penalty Cases. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; November 1988.
(National - Total pages: 58)
Criminal Justice Crisis: A Report to the American People and the American Bar on Criminal Justice in the
United States: Some Myths, Some Realities and Some Questions for the Future. Prepared on behalf of the American
Bar Association Special Committee on Funding the Justice System; November 1988. (National - Total pages: 75)
National Criminal Defense Systems Study. Prepared on behalf of the U. S. Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Statistics; September 1988. (National)
Caseload and Cost Projections for Federal Habeas Corpus Death Penalty Cases Through FY 1990. Prepared on
behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 1988. (National - Total pages: 75)
Caseload and Cost Projections for Federal Habeas Corpus Death Penalty Cases in FY 1988 and 1989.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; September 1987.
(National - Total pages: 75)
Containing the Costs of Indigent Defense Programs: Eligibility Screening and Cost Recovery Procedures.
Prepared on behalf of the U. S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice; September 1986.
(National - Total pages: 105)
National Criminal Defense Systems Study. Prepared on behalf of the U. S. Department of Justice,
Bureau of Justice Statistics; September 1986. (National - Total pages: 7)
An Introduction to Indigent Defense Systems. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Information Program;
April 1986. (National- Total pages: 27)
State Projects
Alabama
Review of the Indigent Defense System in Alabama. Prepared for the Chief Justice of Alabama Supreme
Court on behalf of the American Bar Association; June 1988. (Alabama - Total pages: 83)
Arizona
Maricopa County Indigent Defense System, Final Report. Prepared for the Maricopa County Department of
Justice and Law Enforcement; October 1993. (Arizona - Total pages: 27)
Report on the Status of Indigent Defense in Arizona. Prepared for the Arizona Judicial Counsel, Chief
Justice Feldman on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1993.
(Arizona - Total pages: 15)
Arkansas
Analysis of Arkansas Public Defender Commission Attorney Salaries. Prepared for the Arkansas Public
Defender Commission on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; August 1999.
(Arkansas - Total Pages: 11)
California
Indigent Defense in Orange County: Post-Bankruptcy. Prepared for the Orange County Attorneys
Association; January 1996. (California - Total pages: 55)
Survey of Compensation Rates for Counsel and Experts in Capital Cases in Direct Appeal, State Post-Conviction
and Federal Habeas Corpus. Prepared for the Judicial Council of California; February 1991.
(California - Total pages: 7)
Workload and Productivity Standards: A Report to the Office of the State Public Defender. Prepared for
the Office of the State Public Defender; July 1989. (California- Total pages: 95)
A Study of the Practical Alternatives that Would Reduce the Number of Public Defender Conflict of
Interest Cases. Prepared for the County of Los Angeles, Countywide Criminal Justice Coordination Committee;
July 1986. (California - Total pages: 74)
Colorado
Analysis of Indigent Defense Expenditure and Caseload in Comparable State-Funded Systems, FY 1997.
Prepared for the Colorado State Public Defender; October 1997. (Colorado - Total pages: 11)
Connecticut
A Study to Reduce State Expenditures and Improve the Efficiency of the Judicial Department, the Division
of the Public Defender Services, the Division of Criminal Justice and the County Sheriffs. Prepared for the
Commission to Study the Management of State Government. Joint effort with Maximus, Technical Consultants
to Management; January 1991. (Connecticut - Total pages: 350)
Delaware
Delaware State Public Defender: Draft Strategic Plan. Prepared for the Delaware State Public Defender;
August 1998. (Delaware- Total pages: 12)
Florida
Amended Time and Expense Analysis of Post-Conviction Capital Cases in Florida. Prepared for Florida
Supreme Court Petition Re: Anthony Mungin, Supreme Court of Florida. Filed October 15, 1998.
(Florida- Total pages: 30)
Time and Expense Analysis in Post-Conviction Capital Cases in Florida. Prepared for the Florida
Supreme Court. Florida Legislature; April 1998. (Florida - Total pages: 42)
Time and Expense Analysis in Post-Conviction Death Penalty Cases. Prepared for the Governor, Senate and
House Appropriations Committees in Florida on behalf of the American Bar Association Bar Information Program;
February 1987. (Florida - Total pages: 27)
A Study of the Florida Public Defender System: A Blueprint for Action as it Enters the 21st Century.
Prepared for the Florida Public Defenders Association; April 1996. (Florida - Total pages: 145)
Management Review of the Office of the Public Defender 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Prepared for
the Office of the Florida Public Defender. Joint effort with the National Center for State Courts; March 1990.
(Florida - Total pages: 94)
Fiscal Effects of Proposed Senate Bill 66 on the Office of the Capital Collateral Representative.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association Bar Information Program; April 1987.
(Florida - Total pages: 14)
A Caseload/Workload Formula for Florida's Office of the Capital Collateral Representative. Prepared
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense; February 1987.
(Florida - Total pages: 87)
Georgia
Status of Indigent Defense in Georgia: A Study for the Chief Justice's Commission on Indigent Defense- Part I.
Prepared for the Administrative Office of the Courts of Georgia for the Chief Justice's Commission on Indigent
Defense; December 2002. (Georgia- Total pages: 80)
This report can be viewed at the website for the
Administrative Offices of the Courts of Georgia.
Report on the Growing Crisis in the City Court of Atlanta, Office of the Public Defender. Prepared
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; April 2002. (Georgia- Total pages: 10)
A Review of the Legal Aid and Defender Clinic at the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Prepared
for the University of Georgia Legal Aid and Defender Clinic on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program; May 1999 (Georgia- Total pages: 31)
A Review of the Fulton County Conflict Defender. Prepared for the Fulton County Conflict Defender
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 1998. (Georgia- Total pages: 25)
Comparative Analysis of Indigent Defense Expenditures and Caseloads in States with Mixed State
and County Funding. Prepared for the Georgia Indigent Defense Council on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Bar Information Program; February 1998. (Georgia - Total pages: 20)
Overview of the Fulton County, Georgia Indigent Defense System. Prepared for the Georgia Indigent
Defense Council; October 1990. (Georgia - Total pages: 55)
Illinois
A Study of the Cook County Public Defender Evening Narcotics Court Division. Prepared for the
Office of the Cook County Public Defender; July 1995. (Illinois - Total pages: 80)
Indiana
A Study of the Marion County, Indiana Superior Court Trial and Appellate Public Defender System.
Prepared for the Indiana State Public Defender; March 1995 (Indiana- Total pages: 116)
A Study of the Lake County, Indiana Superior Court Trial and Appellate Public Defender Systems, 1982-1992.
Prepared for the Indiana State Public Defender; December 1994. (Indiana - Total pages: 54)
Indiana- Commentary for Proposed Indiana Supreme Court Rule 25: Appointment of Counsel in Capital Cases.
Prepared for the Indiana Supreme Court; October 1990. (Indiana)
Evaluation of Partial State Funding for Public Defense Services in Indiana. Prepared for the Indiana
Public Defense Council; July 1986. (Indiana - Total pages: 56)
An Analysis of PD 5289 and Its Fiscal Impact on the Provision of Indigent Defense Services in Indiana.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; December 1985. (Indiana)
Iowa
Preliminary Report on Indigent Defense, State of Iowa. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Bar Information Program; March 1986. (Iowa - Total pages: 25)
Kansas
A Review of the Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense Appellate Defender Office. Prepared for the
Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense; March 2001 (Kansas- Total pages: 30)
Comparative Analysis of Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense Services Attorney Salaries with Selected
States' Attorney Salaries. Prepared for the Kansas Board of Indigents' Defense Services on behalf of
the American Bar Association Bar Information Program; November 1998. (Kansas - Total pages: 16)
Kentucky
Assessment of Indigent Defense Cost Recovery in Fayette and Jefferson County, Kentucky. Prepared for
the Department of Public Advocacy on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
October 2001. (Kentucky- Total pages 19)
The Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy: A Preliminary Review. Prepared on for the Department
of Public Advocacy, Commonwealth of Kentucky on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information
Program; January 1998. (Kentucky - Total pages: 13)
Final Report of the Blue Ribbon Group: Improving Indigent Defense for the 21st Century. Prepared
with the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy on behalf of the Public Advocacy Commission and the Kentucky
Department of Public Advocacy; June 1999. (Kentucky: Total pages - 52)
Louisiana
Indigency Determination, Partial Indigency and Cost Recovery in Louisiana. Prepared for the Louisiana
Indigent Defender Board; May 1996. (Louisiana - Total pages: 50)
A Study of the Operation of the Indigent Defense System in the 19th Judicial District, East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana. Prepared for the Indigent Defender Board of the 19th Judicial District, East Baton Rouge
Parish, Louisiana; October 1992. (Louisiana - Total pages: 49)
Study of the Indigent Defender System in Louisiana. Prepared for the State of Louisiana Supreme
Court Judicial Council's Statewide Indigent Defense Board Committee; March 1992. (Louisiana - Total pages: 52)
Review of Provisions for State Indigent Defense Systems. Prepared for the Louisiana Supreme Court
Judicial Council's Statewide IDB Committee; January 1992. (Louisiana- Total pages: 96)
Maine
Report of the Maine State Bar Association on Court Appointments. Prepared for the Maine State
Bar Association Commission on Court Appointments on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information
Program; September 1986. (Maine - Total pages: 127)
Massachusetts
An Evaluation of the Youth Advocacy Project of the Committee on Public Counsel Services. Prepared
on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; May 2001. (National- Total pages: 30)
Would the Death Penalty Impose Costs on the Criminal Justice System in Massachusetts? Prepared for
the Massachusetts Council for Public Justice; June-1991. (Massachusetts - Total pages: 19)
Assessment of the Massachusetts Probation System. Prepared for the Massachusetts Council for Public
Justice and the Office of the Chief Administrative Justice; October 1987. (Massachusetts - Total pages: 152)
Probation at a Crossroads: Innovative Programs in Massachusetts. Prepared for the Massachusetts
Council for Public Justice; October 1985. (Massachusetts)
Michigan
Affidavit of Robert L. Spangenberg in Support of Plaintiff's Complaint for Superintending Control,
Wayne County Criminal Defense Bar Association, and the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan v. the
Chief Judges of Wayne County Circuit Court (May 2002)
System for Appointment of Attorneys Appealing Cases from an Intermediate Court of Appeals to a
State Supreme Court. Prepared for the Michigan Supreme Court on behalf of the American Bar Association
, Bar Information Program; May 1990. (Michigan - Total pages: 19)
Minnesota
Case Studies of Two Indigent Defense Systems: Minnesota and Wyoming. Prepared for the North Dakota
Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
February 2001. (Minnesota and Wyoming- Total pages: 17)
Site Report for the Hennepin County (Minnesota) Office of the Public Defender. Prepared for the
Hennepin County (Minnesota) Office of the Public Defender on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program; June 1988. (Minnesota - Total pages: 23)
Mississippi
Update: The State of Indigent Defense Services in Mississippi in Fiscal Year 1998. Prepared for
the Mississippi State Public Defender Commission on behalf of the American Bar Association Bar information
Program; December 1998. (Mississippi - Total pages: 21)
Update: The State of Indigent Defense Services in Mississippi. Prepared for the Mississippi
Indigent Defense Committee on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1997.
(Mississippi - Total pages: 17)
Indigent Defense in Mississippi. Prepared for the Mississippi Bar Association, Subcommittee
on Indigent Defense; January 1995. (Mississippi - Total pages: 80)
Report of Robert L. Spangenberg on the Jones County, Mississippi Public Defender System, State of Mississippi
v. Perry Duckworth, Et. Al. #1388-3 In the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Jones County,
Mississippi. July 1994. (Mississippi- Total pages: 30)
Missouri
A Report on the Operation of the Missouri State Public Defender. Prepared for the Missouri State
Public Defender Commission and the Office of the Missouri State Public Defender; June 1993.
(Missouri - Total pages: 25)
Nebraska
The Indigent Defense System in Nebraska. Prepared for the Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme
Court and the Administrative Office of the Courts/Probation; December 1993. (Nebraska - Total pages: 129)
A Study of the Current Operation of the Lancaster County Public Defender's Office. Prepared for the
Lancaster County Public Defender's Office; March 1991. (Nebraska - Total pages: 35)
Nevada
Indigent Defense Services In the State of Nevada: Findings & Recommendations, December 6, 2000; Prepared
for the Implementation Committee for the Elimination of Racial, Gender and Economic Bias in the Criminal Justice
System on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; December 2000. (Nevada- Total pages: 74)
Nevada - Site Visit for the ABA Post-Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project. Prepared on
behalf of the American Bar Association, Post Conviction Death Penalty Representation Project; October-1989.
(Nevada - Total pages: 30)
New Mexico
Report on Caseload Standards and Comparative Funding and Caseloads of Indigent Defense Systems in States
Similar to New Mexico. Prepared for the Legislative Finance Committee, State of Nevada on behalf of the
American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1989. (New Mexico - Total pages: 19)
New York
Affidavit of Robert L. Spangenberg in Support of Plaintiffs Motions for Preliminary Injunction in New York
County Lawyers' Association v. State of New York, Index No. 102987/00. (New York- Total pages: 86)
An Assessment of the Criminal Appeals Bureau's Office of the Managing Attorney. Prepared for the
Legal Aid Society Criminal Appeals Bureau; June 1998. (New York- Total pages: 33)
A Review of the Legal Aid Society's Criminal Appeals Bureau. Prepared for the New York Legal Aid Society,
Criminal Appeals Bureau; May 1997. (New York - Total pages: 55)
An Overview of the Juvenile Rights Division. Prepared for the New York Legal Aid Society, Juvenile
Rights Division; August 1996. (New York -Total pages: 91)
The Legal Aid Society: Workload, Costs and Case Makeup. Prepared for the Legal Aid Society Criminal
Justice Division; 1996 (New York- Total pages: 45)
North Carolina
Time and Expense Analysis in Post-Conviction Death Penalty Cases in North Carolina. Prepared for the
Administrative Offices of the Courts of North Carolina on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information
Program; June 1988. (North Carolina - Total pages: 23)
Ohio
Assessment of Indigent Defense System in Ohio. Prepared for the Ohio State Bar Association;
April 1991. (Ohio - Total pages: 68)
Assessment of the Status of Misdemeanor Representation in the County and Municipal Courts of Ohio.
Prepared for the Ohio State Public Defender Commission; December 1987. (Ohio - Total pages: 11)
Oklahoma
Capital Post-Conviction Representation in Oklahoma: A Status Report. Prepared for the Post Conviction
Death Penalty Representation Project on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
March 1996. (Oklahoma - Total pages: 115)
Oklahoma Indigent Defense Systems Study. Prepared for the Oklahoma State Bar Association;
December 1988. (Oklahoma - Total pages: 84)
An Evaluation of the Provisions of the Indigent Defense Services in Oklahoma. Prepared on behalf
of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; April 1986. (Oklahoma)
Oklahoma Technical Assistance Visit. Prepared for the Oklahoma Appellate Public Defender
Program on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1986.
(Oklahoma - Total pages: 41)
Oregon
Management Assessment of the Oregon State Appellate Public Defenders Office. Prepared for the State
Public Defender Committee of Oregon; May 1989. (Oregon - Total pages: 97)
Assessment of the Oregon Adult Criminal Indigent Defense System. Prepared for the State Court
Administrator, Oregon Judicial Department; March 1989. (Oregon - Total pages: 175)
Pennsylvania
A Statewide Evaluation of Public Defender Services in Pennsylvania. Prepared for the Supreme Court
of Pennsylvania Committee on Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System; May 2002. (Pennsylvania- Total pages: 76)
This report can be viewed at the website for the
Administrative Office of the Pennsylvania Courts. The report is in Volume I of the Appendix.
The Final
Report of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Committee On Racial and Gender Bias in the Justice System
is also available on this website.
Expert Witness Report of Robert L. Spangenberg Regarding the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Indigent Defense
System, Doyle v. Allegheny County Salary Board, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, PA, Civil
Division Case No. GD-13606
Overview of the Operation of the Allegheny County Public Defender Program and Issues to Consider.
Prepared for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; August 1996. (Pennsylvania - Total pages: 24)
A Review of the Allegheny County Public Defender Office. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Bar Information Program; November 1995. (Pennsylvania - Total pages: 15)
Rhode Island
Findings and Recommendations Concerning the Office of the Public Defender, State of Rhode Island.
Prepared for the Office of the Public Defender, State of Rhode Island; February 1999.
(Rhode Island: Total pages - 23)
South Carolina
Blue Ribbon Task Force Report and Recommendations Regarding South Carolina's Indigent Defense System.
Prepared for the South Carolina Task Force; November 1988. (South Carolina)
An Assessment of the Management and Efficiency of the Richland County Public Defender Program.
Prepared for the Board of Directors of the Richland County Public Defenders Office; November 1987.
(South Carolina - Total pages: 33)
Tennessee
A Study of the Indigent Defense System in the State of Tennessee. Prepared for the Criminal Justice
Funding Crisis Group; December 1992. (Tennessee - Total pages: 192)
A Study of the Tennessee District Public Defenders Conference. Prepared for the Tennessee
District Public Defenders Conference on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
June 1991. (Tennessee - Total pages: 25)
Texas
The Fair Defense Report. Prepared for the Texas Appleseed Fair Defense Project; December 2000.
(Texas- Total pages: 199)
This report can be viewed at the website for
The Appleseed
Foundation.
An Overview of the Indigent Defense System in Cameron County. Prepared for the Texas State Bar
Committee for the Provision of Legal Services for the Poor in Criminal Matters on behalf of the American
Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 1996. (Texas- Total pages: 25)
A Study of Representation in Capital Cases in Texas. Prepared for the State Bar of Texas, Committee
on Legal Representation for those on Death Row; March 1993. (Texas - Total pages: 183)
Feasibility of Establishing a Public Defender Program for Travis County, Texas. Prepared for the
Task Force on the Feasibility of Establishing a Public Defender System in Travis County on behalf of
the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1986. (Texas - Total pages: 23)
Virginia
Study of Representation in Capital Cases in Virginia. Prepared for the Virginia State Bar,
Criminal Law Division; November 1988. (Virginia - Total pages: 73)
Projecting Costs for Various Indigent Defense Systems in Virginia for FY 1986. Prepared for the
Joint Subcommittees Studying Methods of Providing Legal Defense Services for the Indigent and Virginia's
Public Defender System, of the Commonwealth of Virginia, on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program; October 1985. (Virginia - Total pages: 85)
Analysis of the Costs for Court-Appointed Counsel in Virginia. Prepared for the U. S. Department
of Justice, National Institute of Justice; April 1985. (Virginia - Total pages: 57)
Washington
A Review of the City of Spokane's Criminal Justice System. Prepared for the City of Spokane.
Subcontracted with American Prosecutors Research Institute, Criminal Justice Planning Services and Justice
Management Institute; February 2003. (Washington- Total pages: 171)
A Study of Indigent Defense in Pierce County: The Performance of the Department of Assigned Counsel.
Prepared for Pierce County with American Prosecutor Research Institute, Justice Management Institute; December
2002. (Washington- Total pages: 88)
Overview of the Clark County, Washington Indigent Defense System in 2002. Prepared for the Board
of Clark County Commissioners on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
December 2002. (Washington- Total pages: 39)
King County Public Defense Study. Prepared for the Public Defense Study Oversight Committee;
July 2000. (Washington- Total pages: 98)
Jail Issues Planning Study: Pierce County, Washington. Prepared for the Pierce County Council;
January 1999. (Washington: Total pages - 25)
An Assessment of the Pierce County, Washington, Indigency Screening and Cost Recovery Program.
Prepared for the Pierce County Council; September 1998. (Washington - Total Pages: 49)
Analytical Review of Public Defense and Prosecution Funding in King County: A System out of Balance.
Prepared for the Office of Public Defense, King County, Washington; November 1994. (Washington - Total pages: 22)
Washington State Advisory Group on Indigent Defense: Final Report. Prepared for the State Justice
Institute; November-1991. (Washington - Total pages: 32)
Appellate Indigent Defense System Review. Prepared for the Indigent Defense Task Force and the
Office of the Administrator for the Courts of Washington; February 1990. (Washington - Total pages: 63)
Study of the Proposed King County Operated and Managed Public Defense Program. Prepared for the
King County (Washington) Public Defense Program; October 1989. (Washington - Total pages: 73)
Indigent Defense System in Washington. Prepared for the Office of the Administrator for the Washington
Courts; February 1989. (Washington - Total pages: 112)
Washington Indigency Determination Digest. Prepared for the State of Washington, Office of the
Administrator for the Courts; January 1989. (Washington - Total pages: 19)
Preliminary Report on Indigent Defense Services in the State of Washington. Prepared for the Senate
Judiciary Committee on the Washington State Legislature on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information
Program; January 1986. (Washington - Total pages: 112)
West Virginia
Comprehensive Central Administrative Salary Information of State-Funded Indigent Defense Systems.
Prepared for the West Virginia Public Defender Services on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar
Information Program; February 2001. (West Virginia- Total pages: 14)
Final Report to the West Virginia Indigent Defense Task Force. Prepared for the West Virginia
Indigent Defense Task Force; January 2000 (West Virginia- Total pages: 49)
Analysis of Data on the Indigent Defense System in West Virginia: How West Virginia Compares with the
Rest of the Nation. Prepared for the West Virginia State Bar; August 1988 (West Virginia- Total pages: 15)
Wisconsin
Analysis of Legislative Efforts to Reduce the Costs of Indigent Defense in Wisconsin. Prepared on
behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; Apri 1995. (Wisconsin - Total pages: 10)
Report on the Wisconsin State Public Defender Pilot Contract Program. Prepared for the Wisconsin
State Public Defender; August 1986. (Wisconsin)
Wyoming
Case Studies of Two Indigent Defense Systems: Minnesota and Wyoming. Prepared for the North Dakota
Legal Counsel for Indigents Commission on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program;
February 2001. (Minnesota and Wyoming- Total pages: 17)
Caseload and Workload Measures
Maricopa County Indigent Defense Attorneys Case Weighting Study. Prepared for Maricopa County,
February 2003 (Arizona- Total pages: 69)
Updated Weighted Caseload Study for the Colorado State Public Defender. Prepared for the Colorado
State Public Defender; December 2002. (Colorado: Total pages- 72)
New Mexico Public Defender Department Case Management System Analysis. Prepared for New Mexico
Public Defender Department; June 1999. (New Mexico- Total pages: 7)
Tennessee Public Defender Case-Weighting Study. Final Report. Prepared for the Tennessee
Comptroller of the Treasury, under contract to the National Center for State Courts; May 1999.
(Tennessee: Total pages - 100)
Weighted Caseload Study for the Colorado State Public Defender. Prepared for the Colorado State
Public Defender; June 1996. (Colorado - Total pages: 74)
Weighted Caseload Study for the State of Minnesota Board of Public Defense. Prepared for the
Minnesota Board of Public Defense; January 1991. (Minnesota - Total pages: 113)
Caseload/Workload Study for the State Public Defender in Wisconsin: Final Report. Prepared for the
Office of the State Public Defender of Wisconsin; September 1990. (Wisconsin - Total pages: 95)
Design a Workload Measurement System and Develop Workload/Caseload Standards: Final Report.
Prepared for the New York Legal Aid Society. Joint effort with Maximus, Technical Consultants to Management;
December 1989. (New York).
Workload and Productivity Standards: A Report to the Office of the California State Public Defender.
Prepared for the Office of the California State Public Defender; July 1989. (California - Total pages: 125)
Standards and Guidelines Library
Indigent Defense Standards and Guidelines Index. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program; April 1998. (National - Total pages: 59)
CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES STUDIES
National Level Projects
American Bar Association: National Civil Legal Needs Survey. Prepared for the Consortium on Legal
Services and the Public on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; May 1989. (National)
Statewide Projects
Hawaii
Assessment of Civil Legal Needs of Low- and Moderate-Income People in Hawaii. Prepared for the Hawaii
Legal Needs Assessment Commission; June 1993. (Hawaii - Total pages: 221)
Illinois
Illinois Legal Needs Study. Prepared for the Illinois Lawyers Trust Fund, Chicago Bar Association
and the Illinois State Bar Association; November 1989. (Illinois - Total pages: 146)
Maine
Maine Legal Needs Study. Prepared for the Consortium on the Study of the Future of the Maine Legal
Profession on behalf of the Maine Bar Foundation; February 1990. (Maine - Total pages: 218)
Maryland
Action Plan for Legal Services to Maryland's Poor. January 1988. (Maryland - Total pages: 34)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Legal Services Plan for Action. Prepared for the Massachusetts Legal Assistance
Corporation; November 1987. (Massachusetts - Total pages: 65)
New York
Monroe County Legal Needs Study. Prepared for the Monroe County, on behalf of the New York Bar
Association; June 1990. (New York - Total pages: 225)
New York Legal Needs Study. Prepared for the New York State Bar Association; October 1989. (
New York - Total pages: 207)
Ohio
Ohio Legal Needs Study. Prepared on behalf of the Ohio State Bar Association, Ohio State Bar
Foundation and the Ohio Metropolitan Bar Leaders Conference; June 1991. (Ohio - Total pages: 92)
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Elder Legal Needs Study, Final Report of the American Bar Association Commission on Legal Problems
of the Elderly. Prepared for the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, Division of
Community Services - Bureau on Aging; April 1991. (Wisconsin - Total pages: 88)
OTHER JUSTICE PROJECTS
Senior Lawyer Pro Bono Survey. Prepared on behalf of the Ford Foundation; December 1990. (National)
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS
Keeping Defender Workloads Manageable. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance; January 2001. (National- Total pages: 31)
Contracting for Indigent Defense Services. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance; April 2000. (National- Total pages: 25)
Indigent Defense and Technology: A Progress Report. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance; November 1999. (National- Total pages: 30)
Public Defender Application Fees: 1999 Update. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program. October 1999. (National - Total pages: 26)
Improving State and Local Criminal Justice Systems. Prepared for the U.S. Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program; October 1998. (National- Total pages: 10)
Improving Criminal Justice Systems at the State and Local Levels through Collaborative Efforts Among
Public Defenders, Prosecutors and Other Criminal Justice Agency Representatives. Prepared on behalf of the
American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; March 1998. (National - Total pages: 13)
Public Defender Application Fees: An Update. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Bar Information Program; July 1997. (National - Total pages: 22)
Questions and Answers Concerning Fixed Price Contracts for Representation of Indigent Defendants.
Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association, Bar Information Program; January 1996.
(National - Total pages: 20)
Indigent Defense Systems in the United States. Law and Contemporary Problems. Duke University,
Volume 58, Number 1; December 1995. (National - Total pages: 19)
The Indigent Defense Crisis Is Chronic. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Criminal Justice Magazine; July 1994. (National - Total pages: 7)
Public Defender Application/Registration Fees. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Bar Information Program; March 1994. (National - Total pages: 11)
Additional Revenue Sources for Indigent Defense Programs. Prepared on behalf of the American
Bar Association, Bar Information Program; June 1993. (National - Total pages: 8)
Capital Punishment or Life Imprisonment? Some Cost Considerations. Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review,
Vol. 23, No. 1; November 1989. (National - Total pages: 13)
We Are Still Not Defending the Poor Properly. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar
Association, Criminal Justice Magazine. Update of a Fall 1986 article; September 1989. (National - Total pages: 5)
State Post-Conviction Representation of Defendants Sentenced to Death - Judicature. Prepared for the
American Judicature Society; April/May 1989. (National - Total pages: 7)
Gideon Undone: Criminal Justice and Indigent Defense in Crisis. Prepared for the Florida State
University, College of Law Symposium; April 1989. (National - Total pages: 12)
Forgotten in the Courts. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association. Criminal Justice
Magazine; April 1987. (National - Total pages: 6)
Recent Trends in Indigent Defense Systems. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Criminal Justice Magazine; September 1986. (National - Total pages: 6)
Why We Are Not Defending The Poor Properly. Prepared on behalf of the American Bar Association,
Criminal Justice Magazine September 1986. (National - Total pages: 4)
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