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DSOTD has complied a list of training videos, direct assistance immigration resources, PowerPoint slides, primers and other written materials related to…
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Immigration Crimes & Offenses Involving Noncitizens
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Welcome to DSOTD's newly redesigned FD.org. Certain content on this website, including DSOTD program materials and criminal defense topics, is password protected. You must log in to FD.org to…
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Legal Resources Available as DOJ Revives the Federal Death Penalty
The Department of Justice, (DOJ), has issued a memorandum that lifts the moratorium on federal executions, and instructs federal…
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Featured Training Events
Please be advised that registration for DSOTD Events is limited to persons who provide services pursuant to the Federal CJA.
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Oct. 15, 2025 (1:00PM–2:00PM)
VirtualAppellate Webinar Series, Session 7: Standard(s) Time – Strategies for Winning Under Every Standard of Review
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Oct. 22, 2025 (1:00PM–2:15PM)Virtual
WEBINAR: Federal Defender Investigators, Paralegals and Mitigation Specialists, A Virtual Series Session 4: Navigating Client BOP Program…
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Nov. 5, 2025 (1:00PM–2:00PM)Virtual
Unlocking the Sentencing Guidelines, A Virtual Series: Session 18 -- Now What? Time to Get Proximate by Sharing Our Clients’ Stories…
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Today, the United States Supreme Court denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s petition for certiorari. Maxwell v. United States, No. 24-1073 (U.S. Oct. 6, 2025) (cert. denied). Maxwell presented this question for review: under Santobello v. New York and common principles of contract…
Read Full News PostMore American Indian legal drama out of Oklahoma! In a vehicular-manslaughter prosecution, gov't had to prove defendant was an Indian to have federal jurisdiction. Defendant testified he was a tribal citizen, and he had also asserted that in state court to get out of related civil lawsuit.…
Read Full News PostAlabama man pleads guilty to a state Class D felony and receives a 24-month suspended sentence and is placed on probation for two years. Six months after completing his sentence, he's found with a gun. Oops. He is charged and convicted under the federal felon-in-possession statute.…
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The Defender Services Office has established a partnership with National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) to provide training and resources to CJA practitioners around the country on immigration-related issues.