Texas Indigent Defense Commission| Symposium on Indigent Defense, October 27, 2011

Austin, Texas


Texas Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Gideon v. Wainwright

Video Files for Download/Viewing
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Thumbnail of Welcoming Remarks video Video 1: Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Presenters: Honorable Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Chair of the Commission; Carl Reynolds, Administrative Director, Office of Court Administration, Executive Director, Texas Judicial Council; Christopher Burnett, Executive Director, Governor's Office Criminal Justice Division (CJD); Jim Bethke, Executive Director, Texas Indigent Defense Commission (TIDC)
40 MB
Thumbnail of Keynote Part 1 video Video 2: Keynote: Taking Gideon's Pulse: Impacts of the Texas Fair Defense Act 10 Years Later
Introductions: Wesley Shackelford, Deputy Director and Special Counsel, TIDC; Anthony Haughton, Law Professor, Texas Southern University
Keynote: Dr. Tony Fabelo, Justice Center - The Council for State Governments (CSG); Senator Rodney Ellis
Link to powerpoint presentation
61.7 MB
Thumbnail of Keynote Part 2 video Video 3: Keynote:Senator Rodney Ellis, Texas State Senate
Link to powerpoint presentation
77 MB
Thumbnail of Ordinary Injustice video Video 4: Ordinary Injustice - How America Holds Court
Presenters: Amy Bach, attorney, author
98.2 MB
Thumbnail of Lone Star Solutions video Video 5: Lone Star Solutions: Bell Indigent Defense Web Portal: Creating Transparency and Measuring Performance
Moderator: Judge Jon Burrows, Bell County Judge
Panel of presenters: Judge Fancy Jezek, presiding judge of the 426th District Court in Bell County; Brad Sibley, Senior Consultant for Bell County
87.9 MB
Thumbnail of Harris County video Video 6: Harris County Public Defender Office: A National Learning Site
Presenters: Alex Bunin, Chief Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender Office; Jessica Tyler, Justice Center - The Council for State Governments (CSG)
Link to powerpoint presentation
46 MB
Thumbnail of For The Defense - continued video Video 7: For The Defense
Presenter: Buck Files, President-elect, State Bar of Texas
69.4 MB
Thumbnail of Getting Lawyers To Do Better video Video 8: Getting Lawyers to Do Better: The New State Bar Performance Guidelines
Panel of Presenters: Jeff Blackburn, criminal defense attorney, Amarillo, founder and chief counsel to the Innocence Project of Texas; Andrea Marsh, Executive Director of Texas Fair Defense Project; Chief Justice Brian Quinn, Seventh Court of Appeals
73 MB
Thumbnail of Pre-Trial Matters video Video 9: Pre-Trial Matters
Presenter: Tim Murray, Executive Director, Pretrial Justice Institute (PJI)
63.7 MB
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Video 10: "Securing Reasonable Caseloads: Ethics and Law in Public Defense"
Presenter: Norm Lefstein, Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus of the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis
Link to power point presentation
Link to Securing Reasonable Caseloads: Ethics and Law in Public Defense

97.5 MB
Thumbnail of Lessons From Around the Nation video Video 11: Lessons From Around the Nation
Presenter: John Gross, Indigent Defense Counsel for The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
Links to references: Amended Class Action Complaint Hurrell-Harring v. NY; Assessing the Indigent Defense System - ACS - Hashimoto; Excessive Public Defender Workloads - ACS - Benner; JPI System Overload; Litigation Strategies for Dealing with the Indigent Defense Crisis - ACS - Primus; NACDL Amicus in Hurrell-Harring v. NY; NY Court of Appeals Decision in Hurrell-Harring v. NY
82.2 MB
Thumbnail of What Now video Video 12: What Now? Strategies to Improve Justice Outcomes
Presenter: Jonathan Rapping, Founder/CEO of the Southern Public Defender Training Center (SPDTC)
Link to powerpoint presentation
47.2 MB
Thumbnail of Summary video Video 13: Summary of the Day
Presenter: Dr. Tony Fabelo
23.4 MB


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