Are you a brilliant new professional---not a lawyer, not a social worker, just someone who wants to work for mass decarceration *inside* public defense? Want to spend two years doing it in a phenomenal professional fellowship?
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"The point is that meeting people’s most basic needs instead of putting them in prison helps communities thrive. And public defenders, not prosecutors, are uniquely positioned to do so."
- My awesome @PFJ_USA colleague, Yonina Alexander
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@sparkyabraham Nope. The closest thing I can think of is professional mentors in legal aid describing problematic LSC restrictions, and career staff talking fellowships (both helpful, but just scratching the surface)
Congratulations Bryan Sykes, @UCIrvine associate professor, for being awarded a $625,000 National Science Foundation grant to expand his research: “Shadow Costs: The Effect of Economic and Informational Inequality on Court-Order Compliance.” Learn more: https://t.co/llJcoJnVWP
BREAKING: NC Court ordered the BIGGEST expansion of voting rights in the state since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Starting now, ANY person on community supervision—incl: probation, parole, post-release supervision—due to a state/federal felony conviction can register to vote!
Public defenders should be a part of any conversation about public safety. That starts with adequate funding for legal representation as well as wrap-around services to address root circumstances that often lead people into the criminal justice system. https://t.co/3ms4dXQ4uH