PDS In the News

Daniel Harawa, a former public defender and civil rights litigator, focuses his research on how to remedy racial bias in the justice system.

Sep 12, 2023

NLADA Mourns the Passing of Harvard Law Professor Charles J. Ogletree, Jr.

Aug 15, 2023

Opinion: Charles Ogletree, a Teacher of Presidents, Inspired Greatness by Example

Aug 7, 2023

Why Is My Child Always On Lockdown?’: Confinement At D.C.’s Youth Jail Worries Parents, Advocates

Jul 24, 2023

Washington City Paper

These Seven D.C. Officers Have At Least Two Sustained Complaints During Chief Contee’s Tenure

Jul 10, 2023

PDS Wins 2023 Website of the Year Award by Sitefinity

Jun 27, 2023

A Public Defense Perspective: An Interview With Heather Pinckney, Director Of Public Defender Service For The District Of Columbia

Jun 6, 2023

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