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Achieving Quality in Indigent Defense–Proposals, Prototypes, and Policymaking
University of Houston Law Center
September 5, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Registration - Foyer |
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| 9:00 a.m. |
Introductory Remarks
Dean Ray Nimmer, Dean, University of Houston Law Center
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Reflections on the Right to Counsel after 45 Years: Texas and the Nation
Prof. Norman Lefstein, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
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| 10:45 a.m. |
Recent Reform Efforts That Have Led to Large County and Statewide Indigent Defense Systems Around the Country
Robert L. Spangenberg, Spangenberg Group
How to Create a Public Defender Office in Texas and Whether Establishing One Makes Sense
James Bethke, Director, Texas State Task Force on Indigent Defense
Counsel’s Necessity at Bail Hearings: Ensuring a Fair and Efficient Pretrial Justice System
Prof. Douglas L. Colbert, Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law
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| 12:15 p.m. |
Lunch
Juvenile Indigent Defense – Practical & Ethical Considerations
Prof. Ellen Marrus, George Butler Research Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
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| 1:30 p.m. |
Prototypes of Indigent Representation
- Steven J. Carroll, Department Head, San Diego Public Defender
- Marjorie A. Meyers, Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Texas
- Judge Belinda Hill, 230th Criminal Court, Harris County
- Mark Hochlaube, Harris County Criminal Lawyer’s Association
- Kameron Johnson, Public Defender, Travis County Juvenile Public Defender Office
- David Mitchum, Attorney at Law
- Sam Pappas, Pappas & Associates, Salt Lake City, UT
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Concluding Remarks
- Prof. Sandra Guerra Thompson, Law Foundation Professor, University of Houston Law Center
- Prof. Ellen Marrus, George Butler Research Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
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