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  • PDS Alumnus David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder Will Receive the D.C. Bar's 2021 Brennan Award Winner

    May 3, 2021
    Read More PDS Alumnus David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder Will Receive the D.C. Bar's 2021 Brennan Award Winner
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  • PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan Receives Servant of Justice Award

    Apr 27, 2021
    Read More PDS Director Avis E. Buchanan Receives Servant of Justice Award
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  • Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!

    Mar 28, 2021
    Read More Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!
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  • PDS Alumna Premal Dharia Joins Harvard Law School as Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration

    Feb 10, 2021
    Read More PDS Alumna Premal Dharia Joins Harvard Law School as Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration
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  • Claire Blumenson, former PDS fellow and executive director and co-founder of the School Justice Project, to receive the University of Virginia School of Law's Shaping Justice Rising Star Award.

    Dec 8, 2020
    Read More Claire Blumenson, former PDS fellow and executive director and co-founder of the School Justice Project, to receive the University of Virginia School of Law's Shaping Justice Rising Star Award.
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  • PDS Alumni Recognized as Top Lawyers in Washington, D.C. in the December 2020 Issue of Washingtonian

    Dec 1, 2020
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  • Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed During The Pandemic

    Nov 15, 2020
    Read More Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed During The Pandemic
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  • Defense Attorneys Are the Best Line of Defense Against the COVID-19 Pandemic for Incarcerated People

    Nov 1, 2020
    Read More Defense Attorneys Are the Best Line of Defense Against the COVID-19 Pandemic for Incarcerated People
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  • Former PDS deputy director Judge Anita Josey-Herring has been appointed Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court

    Jul 22, 2020
    Read More Former PDS deputy director Judge Anita Josey-Herring has been appointed Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court
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  • Santae Tribble, whose wrongful conviction revealed FBI forensic hair match flaws, dies at 59

    Jul 5, 2020
    Read More Santae Tribble, whose wrongful conviction revealed FBI forensic hair match flaws, dies at 59
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  • A Call To Action: PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES

    Jun 9, 2020
    Read More A Call To Action: PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES
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  • PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES by Director Avis E. Buchanan

    Jun 7, 2020
    Read More PUBLIC DEFENDERS MARCH FOR BLACK LIVES by Director Avis E. Buchanan
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  • Federal Judge Orders Sweeping Reforms to D.C. Jail Conditions During COVID-19

    May 31, 2020
    Read More Federal Judge Orders Sweeping Reforms to D.C. Jail Conditions During COVID-19
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  • Barbara Babcock, legal trailblazer who led D.C. Public Defender Service, dies at 81

    May 10, 2020
    Read More Barbara Babcock, legal trailblazer who led D.C. Public Defender Service, dies at 81
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  • Legal scholar Barbara Allen Babcock, the first woman member of the Stanford law faculty, has died at 81

    Apr 26, 2020
    Read More Legal scholar Barbara Allen Babcock, the first woman member of the Stanford law faculty, has died at 81
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  • Judge orders emergency D.C. jail overhaul of medical, cleaning, ‘social distancing’ practices and defense lawyer access to stem coronavirus from The Washington Post

    Apr 20, 2020
    Read More Judge orders emergency D.C. jail overhaul of medical, cleaning, ‘social distancing’ practices and defense lawyer access to stem coronavirus from The Washington Post
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  • D.C. jail inmates with coronavirus barred from access to lawyers, family, showers and changes of clothing, inspectors say

    Apr 15, 2020
    Read More D.C. jail inmates with coronavirus barred from access to lawyers, family, showers and changes of clothing, inspectors say
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  • Coronavirus-related court actions seek release of D.C. prisoners, psychiatric patients

    Apr 1, 2020
    Read More Coronavirus-related court actions seek release of D.C. prisoners, psychiatric patients
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  • Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic

    Mar 29, 2020
    Read More Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic
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  • U.S. Parole Commission Bends to Demands From Defense Attorneys and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

    Mar 25, 2020
    Read More U.S. Parole Commission Bends to Demands From Defense Attorneys and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
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  • Washingtonian Magazine

    Why DC’s Public Defender Service Is Among the Country’s Best: An interview with Avis Buchanan, who runs the agency.

    Mar 9, 2020
    Read More Why DC’s Public Defender Service Is Among the Country’s Best: An interview with Avis Buchanan, who runs the agency.
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  • Avis E. Buchanan will be a co-recipient of the 2020 Servant of Justice Award by the Legal Aid Society of D.C.

    Jan 8, 2020
    Read More Avis E. Buchanan will be a co-recipient of the 2020 Servant of Justice Award by the Legal Aid Society of D.C.
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  • Washington Post

    The government wants to move the D.C. public defender’s office. That could be disastrous.

    Dec 6, 2019
    Read More The government wants to move the D.C. public defender’s office. That could be disastrous.
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    Authorities said video showed a man committed murder. He spent 13 days in jail before his defense team proved it didn’t.

    Nov 22, 2019
    Read More Authorities said video showed a man committed murder. He spent 13 days in jail before his defense team proved it didn’t.
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