Category: Press Statements
Robin spoke at NYU’s Leaders in Public Interest Series
Robin Steinberg spoke at NYU’s Leaders in Public Interest Series, “Is Social Justice Best Promoted by Being a Prosecutor or Public Defenders”. She spoke about her experience as a public defender.
Public Defender Offices Eligible for Free Technical Assistance
Bronx, New York – January 26, 2011 – The Center for Holistic Defense, a project of The Bronx Defenders is inviting Public Defender offices from across the country to submit a request for technical assistance. Through this competitive process, three (3) public defender offices will receive hands-on expert assistance to transition from a traditional service model […]
Robin attended a National Institute of Justice Workshop in D.C
Robin Steinberg attended the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Workshop on The Role of Courts in Re-Entry in Washington, D.C
Robin spoke at the International Perspectives on Indigent Defense Workshop in D.C
Robin Steinberg spoke at the International Perspectives on Indigent Defense, a workshop jointly sponsored by the Department of Justice’s Access to Justice Initiative (ATJ) and the National Institute of Justice’s (NIJ) International Center. The workshop focused on identifying the best of practices for indigent defense. “The vast majority of criminal defendants in the United States […]
Robin Steinberg comments on new report by Human Rights Watch
A new report by the Human Rights Watch finds that thousands of people accused of minor crimes end up in Rikers Island each year only because they cannot afford to pay even small amounts of bail. Read what The Bronx Defenders’ Executive Director, Robin Steinberg, has to say… New York Times: “The client is placed […]
The Center for Holistic Defense selects three Partner Public Defender Offices
The Center for Holistic Defense, sponsored by BJA and a project of The Bronx Defenders, has announced the recipients of its 2010 Holistic Defense for Public Defender Offices Technical Assistance Project. In response to its Request for Proposals, the Center received 23 applications from public defender offices across the country. The three offices chosen are […]
The new Center for Holistic Defense
The Bronx Defenders is thrilled to announce our newest innovative venture—the creation and implementation of The Center for Holistic Defense. With funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and in collaboration with The Center for Court Innovation and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the Center will help fill a […]
McGregor awarded the Kutak-Dodds Prize
n recognition of his efforts to ensure equal justice for all people regardless of ability to pay, the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA) announced today that McGregor Smyth, the Managing Attorney of the Civil Action Practice, is this year’s winner of the Kutak-Dodds Prize, alongside Alan Alop, Deputy Director for Intake Offices, Legal […]
The Center for Holistic Defense invites public defenders to bid for technical assistance
The Center for Holistic Defense released its Request for Proposals to public defender offices and systems nationwide interested in technical assistance and support in integrating Holistic Defense into their practice. For more information about this opportunity, download the RFP here. Attachment
Shoshana spoke at the Prisoner Justice Conference in Albany
Shoshana Brown was a speaker at The Prisoner Justice Conference, a gathering of over 57 organizations statewide that are doing prisoner justice work. The conference was a day long in Albany and close to 200 people attended. Shoshana spoke about the political necessity of this conference and shared her own personal story of how mass […]