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Defender Resources and Links
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Awards and Special Presentations and Keynote Addresses of Interest
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News and Press Releases
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Links to Current Constitutional Issues Involving
Privacy, Attorney-Client Privileges, and Other Civil Rights Issues
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Federal, State and Local Public Defender Office Directory
California
County and County Public Defender Website Links
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Survey Results - 2003 Defender Office Staffing Levels by County, State,
and Federal for California
CPDA's CLE Month-View
Calendar Listing
Meeting
Facilities List
Driving Directions
(Requires Facility Address)
Employment
Information - Public Defender Offices in California
National
and State Standards for Delivery of Defense Services Web Link
CLARANET Subscriber Form (You
Must Be a Member of CPDA)
CPDA
Membership Application Form & Info.
California
Courts Directory (California Judicial Council Web Site Link)
Who
is Clara?
California State Bar
On The Web
State
Bar MCLE Regulations
California Women Defenders
Association!
.The
Judicial Council of California's site map
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Coming soon... 
2009 Justice Summit held in San Francisco.
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2009 Convention Keynote Address - Justice Denied - by Hon. LaDoris
Cordell
2009
Elizabeth Rose Bird Award for Distinguished Serivice by a Judicial
Officer - Honorable Donna Hitchens, Superior Court of San Francisco
CountyThis is a Windows Media Player formatted video.
 2009
Defender of The Year Award - R. Addison Steele II, Riverside County
Deputy Public Defender
2009
Special Recognition Award - Linda Frey Robertson - for her work on
the CPDA Amicus Committee
2009
- Special Recognition Award - Sacramento County Public Defender's
Office Juvenile Division
2009
Special Recognition Award - Steven C. Weiss, Chief Deputy Public Defender,
Sonoma County
2009 Lifetime
Achievement Award - Presented to John Hamilton Scott, Los Angeles
County Deputy Public Defender on April 17, 2009. Opening remarks are
made by CPDA's President Bart Sheela, and the award is presented to
John by Al Menaster, Head Deputy, Los Angeles County Public Defender's
Office..Click HERE
to view the video in Windows Media Player format (WMV)....or click
HERE
to view the video in Apple's MOV format - should work with most Apple
computers.
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What
methods exist to provide counsel to indigent defendants?
Did
you know about...Automatic License Plate Recognition Systems - Video
Homeless
Court Programs - Information from the California Judicial Council
Web site
California
Public Defenders Association (CPDA) position paper regarding Proposition
5 - NORA - Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008
CPDA
position paper re: Proposition 9 - The "Victims' Bill of Rights
Act of 2008: Marsy's Law"
California
Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice - Official Reports
and Expert Testimony
CPDA
Awards Pages
California
Public Defenders Association & California Attorneys for Criminal
Justice - Joint Response to the California District Attorneys Association's
"White Paper" Regarding the Death Penalty in California.
California
Campaign for New Drug Policies - Web Site!
An
Editorial: In Today's Trials, Experts are Crucial to Ensure That Justice
Be Done (Acrobat File)
Gideon v. Wainwright Information
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The
Use of Force, a series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle
on the use of force by police.
And click HERE to view/download
a copy of a chart that documents how the criminal justice system SHOULD
work.
A Message
from The CPDA President
Center for Constitutional Rights
National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Criminal
Justice System Flow Chart in Acrobat Format
Constitutional
Law & Criminal Procedure Resource Link
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