Defender Services Publications

Electronic Technology in the Criminal Justice System

• Recommendations for Electronically Stored Information in Discovery Production in Federal Criminal Cases (Feb. 2012) (pdf)
• 2003 Report of the Joint Administrative Office/Department of Justice Working Group on Electronic Technology in the Criminal Justice System (May 2003) (pdf)

Federal Death Penalty Cases

• Update on the Cost and Quality of Defense Representation in Federal Death Penalty Cases (September 2010)
• Recommendations Concerning the Cost and Quality of Defense Representation (Spencer Report, May 1998) (pdf)

VERA I and VERA II

• Good Practices for Federal Panel Attorney Programs (VERA I, December 2002) (pdf)

  • Core Principles for CJA Panel Management and Administration (pdf)
• Good Practices for Panel Attorney Programs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals (VERA II, January 2006) (pdf)
  • Suggested Good Practices: Two-page excerpt from Good Practices for Panel Attorneys Programs in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.