May 10, 2006

NY: "clients as people, not just criminal defendants"

From Changing the Court - "A chronicle of how a group of planners and practitioners are attempting to change the Bronx court system's approach to low-level criminal offending.":

Working with the Defense Bar

As Aaron (Mysliewiec, an attorney at Bronx Defenders) said, describing his office's approach, "I can’t guarantee an outcome, but I can guarantee that my client has a lawyer who will listen".

Overall, a new blog of interest to us public defender types.

But then you may want to follow the good news of community solutions with Indefensible's David Feige's grain of salt.

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