Counsel for Indigent Defense, ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense
Malia N. Brink has spent 20 years working on criminal justice reform issues with a focus on public defense reform. She currently serves as the counsel for indigent defense to the ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense (ABA SCLAID). Brink also serves as the deputy...
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Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office
Genesis Draper is an assistant public defender with the Harris County Public Defender’s Office in Houston. Before joining Harris County, she was an assistant federal public defender for the Southern District of Texas in Houston and an assistant public defender with the Metropolitan...
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President/Founder, Gideon's Promise
Jonathan Rapping is the founder and president of Gideon’s Promise, an organization dedicated to training and supporting public defenders in an effort to build a movement to transform criminal justice in America. He is also a law professor at Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School...
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Assistant Public Defender, Harris County Public Defender's Office
Sarah V. Wood is an attorney in the Harris County Public Defender’s Office and is board-certified in Criminal Appellate Law. She developed and administers several prominent criminal defense training programs. The Future Appointed Counsel Training (FACT) Program is a highly competitive...
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