Join us virtually for the 2024 ABA Public Defense Summit, sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense.

The past year has seen two important developments in public defense standards. In August 2023, the ABA enacted the Revised Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System, thereby updating its core public defense standards for the needs of modern defense counsel and their clients. The following month saw the release of National Public Defense Workload Study, which employed empirical data and the consensus view of public defense experts to shed new light on the workload crisis facing defenders nationwide. This program will explore how facets of these new developments will shape public defender advocacy and policy in years to come. Ethics credit will be included.

Who Should Attend?

State and federal public defenders, other indigent defense providers, indigent defense commissioners and staff, court administrators responsible for public defense oversight, public defense program directors, law school faculty and law school students with an interest in public defense.it Planning Committee of the ABA’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Council and ABACLE are excited to announce the 2023 ABA Equity Summit.

This fully virtual two-day DEI conference will educate you on key issues facing the legal industry as well as facilitate a robust exchange of insights, concepts, and strategies on building community, maintaining hope, and fighting disinformation in DEI.

Equity Summit Goals:

The Summit will ensure greater visability of DEI issues in the legal profession and beyond.
The Summit’s CLEs, Workshops, Keynotes, and Networking programming will provide opportunities for greater collaboration and to elevate existing work and innovative work in DEI efforts with legal professionals.
The Summit is an opportunity for ABA entities, bar associations, law firms, and other partners to work together more proactively in DEI.

Public Defense Summit 2024