PD Hub News Links

Follow the links below to relevant news related to public defense. 

• Foundational Documents
• Remarks
• Engagement

Foundational Documents

• 28 C.F.R. Section 0.33 -- Office for Access to Justice (identifying criminal indigent defense as a high priority to the Justice Department)

Remarks

• Director Rachel Rossi Delivers Keynote Address at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Commemorating National Public Defense Day (March 21, 2024)
• Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks at the 26th Annual Liman Public Interest Colloquium at Yale Law School (April 21, 2023)
• Director Rachel Rossi Delivers Keynote Address at Atlanta's John Marshall Law School Commemorating National Public Defense Day (March 21, 2023)
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at the Office for Access to Justice's Gideon Celebration (March 17, 2023)
• Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks at the Office for Access to Justice's Gideon Celebration (March 17, 2023)
• Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Delivers Remarks at The National Legal Aid & Defender Association’s Gideon Commemoration (March 16, 2023)
• Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta Delivers Remarks to Public Defenders at the Justice Department's National Public Defense Day Tour in Des Moines, Iowa (March 14, 2023)
• Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Remarks to Law Students During the National Public Defense Day Tour in Las Vegas (March 9, 2023)
• Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Keynote Remarks During the 2022 National Legal Aid & Defender Association Annual Conference (October 27, 2022)
• Director Rachel Rossi of the Office for Access to Justice Delivers Keynote Remarks During the National Association of Public Defense Women’s Conference (September 22, 2022)

Engagement

• National Public Defense Organizations Convening Hosted by the Office for Access to Justice (June 20, 2023)
• U.S. Support Increases Access to Justice in Ghana | U.S. Embassy in Ghana (May 10, 2023)
• Justice Department Commemorates the 60th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright (March 17, 2023)