PDS In The News

PDS In the News

PDS Alumna Premal Dharia Joins Harvard Law School as Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration
Read More PDS Alumna Premal Dharia Joins Harvard Law School as Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration
Director of Embattled D.C. Crime Lab Stepping Down
Read More Director of Embattled D.C. Crime Lab Stepping Down
U.S. Parole Commission Bends to Demands From Defense Attorneys and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Read More U.S. Parole Commission Bends to Demands From Defense Attorneys and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Former PDS deputy director Judge Anita Josey-Herring has been appointed Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court
Read More Former PDS deputy director Judge Anita Josey-Herring has been appointed Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court
Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed During The Pandemic
Read More Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed During The Pandemic
D.C. Council Votes to Overhaul Asset Forfeiture, Give Property Owners New Rights
PDS Alumnus David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder Will Receive the D.C. Bar's 2021 Brennan Award Winner
Read More PDS Alumnus David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder Will Receive the D.C. Bar's 2021 Brennan Award Winner
Huffington Post
Expanding the Role of Public Defenders in Reentry: Improving Public Safety, Protecting the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated People
Read More Expanding the Role of Public Defenders in Reentry: Improving Public Safety, Protecting the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated People
NBC News
Do You Have an Unknown Criminal History?
Read More Do You Have an Unknown Criminal History?
The Washington Post
Judge Orders D.C. to Pay Record $9.2 Million in Wrongful Conviction Case
Read More Judge Orders D.C. to Pay Record $9.2 Million in Wrongful Conviction Case
D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.
Read More D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.
Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic
Read More Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic
Director Avis E. Buchanan receives the Washington Council of Lawyers 2014 President's Award for Public Service
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!
Read More Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!
The Washington Post
Representing Freddie Gray's Family: A Venerable Lawyer in Cases Involving Race, Police, and Death
Read More Representing Freddie Gray's Family: A Venerable Lawyer in Cases Involving Race, Police, and Death
National Geographic
How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving
Read More How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving
D.C. Bar
Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award
Read More Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award
The Guardian
The Man Who Was Jailed for 22 Years - on the Fantasy Evidence of a Single Hair
Read More The Man Who Was Jailed for 22 Years - on the Fantasy Evidence of a Single Hair
Washington Post
Civil Rights Attorney Charles Ogletree’s Mind Is A Weapon. Now, It’s Fighting Him.
Read More Civil Rights Attorney Charles Ogletree’s Mind Is A Weapon. Now, It’s Fighting Him.
The Washington Post
D.C. Man Imprisoned by Flawed FBI Forensic Evidence Exonerated
Read More D.C. Man Imprisoned by Flawed FBI Forensic Evidence Exonerated

PDS In the News

PDS Alumna Premal Dharia Joins Harvard Law School as Inaugural Executive Director of the Institute to End Mass Incarceration

Director of Embattled D.C. Crime Lab Stepping Down

U.S. Parole Commission Bends to Demands From Defense Attorneys and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton

Former PDS deputy director Judge Anita Josey-Herring has been appointed Chief Judge of the D.C. Superior Court

Public Defenders In D.C. Say The U.S. Parole Commission Is Keeping Too Many People Jailed During The Pandemic

D.C. Council Votes to Overhaul Asset Forfeiture, Give Property Owners New Rights

PDS Alumnus David Reiser of Zuckerman Spaeder Will Receive the D.C. Bar's 2021 Brennan Award Winner

Expanding the Role of Public Defenders in Reentry: Improving Public Safety, Protecting the Rights of Formerly Incarcerated People

Do You Have an Unknown Criminal History?

Judge Orders D.C. to Pay Record $9.2 Million in Wrongful Conviction Case

D.C. wants to take back parole from the feds. But it’s taken almost no action as deadline looms.

Public Defender Service, ACLU-DC Challenge D.C. Jail’s Failure to Protect Incarcerated Individuals From COVID-19 Pandemic

Director Avis E. Buchanan receives the Washington Council of Lawyers 2014 President's Award for Public Service

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has recommended PDS alumna Jia Cobb to President Biden for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Congratulations, Jia!

Representing Freddie Gray's Family: A Venerable Lawyer in Cases Involving Race, Police, and Death

How Science Is Putting a New Face on Crime Solving

Avis E. Buchanan Honored With Thurgood Marshall Award

The Man Who Was Jailed for 22 Years - on the Fantasy Evidence of a Single Hair

Civil Rights Attorney Charles Ogletree’s Mind Is A Weapon. Now, It’s Fighting Him.

D.C. Man Imprisoned by Flawed FBI Forensic Evidence Exonerated