PDS In the News

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