2023 Justice Potter Stewart Award to Former PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan and Alumnus Hon. Karl A. Racine.
May 17, 2023
PDS Website a Finalist for Website of the Year Award. Vote for PDS!
May 4, 2023
PDS alumnus Professor James Forman Jr. (Class of 1994) Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences!
Apr 20, 2023
#PDSDC Alumna Associate Professor Maneka Sinha named 2023-2024 Bellow Scholar
Mar 21, 2023
California Courthouse Named In Honor of PDS Alumnus and HLS Emeritus Professor Charles Ogletree Jr.
Feb 28, 2023
PDS is a Host Site for HBCU Community Engagement Fellowship by the Black Public Defender Association
Feb 7, 2023
PDS alumna Stephany Reaves named on Lawyers of Color’s 2022 Hot List
Jan 3, 2023
Slate.com
What One Black Judge’s Family History Can Teach Us About Justice (about our esteemed #PDSDC alumnus Judge Robert L. Wilkins)
Dec 21, 2022
DCist
D.C. Council Prepares To Vote On Overhaul Of Criminal Code
Oct 17, 2022
Washingtonian
Incoming Director Heather Pinckney on Washingtonian's Guest List: 5 People We’d Love to Hang Out With This August
Aug 31, 2022
Harvard Law School Wasserstein Fellow
Chiquisha Robinson, PDS Deputy Chief of Prisoner and Reentry Legal Services, selected to be a prestigious 2022-2023 Harvard Law School Wasserstein Fellow
Aug 17, 2022
American University Washington College of Law
American University Washington College of Law Names PDS Alumna Brandi Harden as Associate Director of Advocacy Program
Aug 10, 2022
The white House
President Joe Biden has nominated PDS Staff Attorney Almo Carter to serve as a Commissioner with the U.S. Parole Commission.
Jul 27, 2022
The Public Defender Service
Heather N. Pinckney Appointed Next Director of PDS
Jun 20, 2022
Boston College Law School Hon. David S. Nelson
PRLS Deputy Chief Chiquisha Robinson Receives the Boston College Law School Hon. David S. Nelson Public Interest Law Award
May 2, 2022
D.C jail
D.C. jail settles lawsuit over inmate covid conditions by ACLU, Public Defender Service
Feb 15, 2022
Council For Court Excellence
PDS, ACLU, and Covington to receive the Council for Court Excellence's 2022 Justice Potter Stewart Award
Feb 1, 2022
The American Law Institute
PDS alumnus and Harvard Law School Professor Andrew Crespo has been elected a member of the American Law Institute.
Jan 23, 2022
Council For Court Excellence
Transfer of defendants at D.C. jail to begin Monday after inspection found unacceptable conditions
Nov 7, 2021
400 Inmates to be Removed from DC Jail Facility After Inspection
Nov 3, 2021
Man Released Under DC's Second Look Act Sentencing Reform
Aug 26, 2021
The Washington Post
D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.
Aug 1, 2021
Washington Lawyers' Committee
PDS to Receive the Washington Lawyers' Committee's Alfred McKenzie Award
Jun 8, 2021
Wtopnews
Director of Embattled D.C. Crime Lab Stepping Down
May 18, 2021
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