Exploring Indigent Defense Reform

The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission is pleased to be participating in the State Bar of Michigan’s Annual Meeting in Novi on Friday October 9, 2015 from 10 a.m. – noon at the Suburban Collection Showplace Diamond Center in the Onyx Ballroom. Executive Director Jonathan Sacks and Commissioner Nancy J. Diehl are among the panel members discussing Indigent Defense Reform during the Criminal Law Section’s Program immediately after the business meeting. See the full schedule here.

The Michigan Indigent Defense Commission has been tasked with proposing minimum standards for indigent defense and working with Michigan’s 83 counties to implement plans that comply with the standards. Join us for an interactive discussion of the new standards from the perspective of all stakeholders: defense, prosecution, judges, and administration. How do the new standards affect you?
Speakers: Jonathan Sacks, Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, Lansing
Hon. Sarah J. Smolenski, 63rd District Court, Grand Rapids
Frederick D. Johnson Jr., Director Muskegon Public Defenders, County of Muskegon, Muskegon
Nancy J. Diehl, Former Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor & SBM Past President, Detroit