Eligibility Requirements – Defender Research Library

Determining Eligibility for Assignment of Counsel in New York: A Study of Current Criteria and Procedures and Recommendations for Improvement

New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services

2016 -- New York
Outline of the results of the Office of Indigent Legal Services’ research on the current assigned counsel eligibility processes in New York State criminal courts outside of New York City.

Criteria and Procedures for Determining Assigned Counsel Eligibility

New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services

2016 -- New York
Criteria and procedures for determining eligibility for assigned counsel developed by the New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services.

High-Powered Attorney Incentives: A Look at the New Indigent Defense System in South Carolina

Benjamin Schwall
Clemson University, College of Business and Behavioral Science, John E. Walker Department of Economics
2015 -- South Carolina
An analysis of how indigent defense attorneys respond to a change in payment structures.

Public Defenders (2008)

B. Mantel
CQ Press
2008 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
This is the “Public Defenders” edition of CQ Researcher, a newsletter that investigates a new topic each week.

Deconstructing the Right to Counsel (2014)

L.S. Lucas
American Constitution Society (ACS)
2014 -- NATIONAL LEVEL
Discussion of reforming or expanding the "right to counsel" should be held in terms of the substantive right's fundamental values: Access, Fairness, Efficiency, and Legitimacy.

Report to the Nebraska Supreme Court on Indigent Defense Systems and Fee Structures (2006)

Nebraska Supreme Court
2006 -- Nebraska
In 2005, the Nebraska Supreme Court adopted a resolution that tasked the Minority and Justice Implementation Committee.

Study to Assess the Impacts of the Fair Defense Act on Texas Counties: Final Report (2005)

D. Carmichael , M. Voloudakis
Texas A&M University Public Policy Research Institute
2005 -- Texas
The Texas Fair Defense Act, implemented in 2002, set standards to improve the quality of indigent defense.