Remove Felony Remove Lawyer Remove Lawyers Remove Nebraska
article thumbnail

As Life Without Parole Cases Rise, Finding Public Defenders Grows Harder  

The Crime Report

Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. Most states have no rules, and someone just out of law school could handle a life-without-parole case in Illinois or Nebraska.

Felony 116
article thumbnail

ALPS In Brief – Episode 64: Project Destination

ALPS

So really involved in the South Dakota State Bar, American Bar Association, and the Young Lawyers Division. We had a judge and I was his lawyer. We sat in the cafeteria and they told me what it was like to be a lawyer and what it meant, and just always stuck with me. We had about 25 young lawyer volunteers.

Lawyer 98