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The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission continues to seek feedback from criminal defense attorneys statewide about their work and thoughts for improving indigent defense delivery in Michigan. This survey is a follow up to the data collected from courts in 2015, which is the subject of an upcoming report to be released by the Commission.  The Survey will close on March 31st at 5 p.m.

Attorneys are asked to take approximately ten minutes to provide this valuable information to the MIDC:

At the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission meeting on December 15, 2015, the Commission approved the final version of the first set of proposed minimum standards for indigent defense delivery systems.  The Standards are available on the MIDC’s website, and available to download as a packet here.

The proposed standards will be submitted to the Michigan Supreme Court in early January.

The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission met on Tuesday October 20, 2015 in Lansing at the MIDC Office located at 200 N. Washington Square, 3rd Floor. The attached minutes linked below are a draft and are not official. They are subject to approval at the next Commission meeting, to be held on December 15, 2015 in Lansing.

DRAFT minutes from October 20, 2015 meeting.

Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Meeting

Location: Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Offices
Capitol National Bank Business and Trade Center
200 N. Washington Sq, 3rd Floor Conference Room, Lansing
(on the corner of N. Washington Sq. and E. Ottawa St.)

Date: Tuesday October 20, 2015

Time: 1:00 PM

Contact: Marcela Westrate, mwestrate@michiganidc.gov, 517-648-3143

Please click here for the Commission Meeting agenda.

On September 11, 2015, MIDC Executive Director Jonathan Sacks will present the latest updates from the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission at the CAP Session at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit.  The CAP Session is part of a 12 week series of training supported through generous funding of the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards through a grant managed by the State Appellate Defender Office.  The session is free of charge and open to the public.  See our calendar of events for location information, and review or print the materials for the session here or on the CAP website.