The Defender Services Office Training Division (DSOTD), furthers the right to effective assistance of counsel by providing training and other resources to attorneys appointed under the CJA.
Interpreters and staff providing interpreter services within the Federal Public and Community Defenders offices are encouraged to connect with other interpreters using the FDO Interpreter email…
Read Full SpotlightThe Defender Services Office Training Division launched it’s Appellate Advocacy Series in April of 2022. Over the past four years, training content and on-demand videos have been added to the…
Read Full SpotlightWhether you have just been assigned your first 1326 case or your fiftieth, this soon to be launched on-demand video library will have something for you to learn from and implement in your practice…
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VirtualThis presentation is about exploring creative approaches to reviewing and decoding not only the typical records gathered through scorched-earth…
Read Full Event DescriptionIn-PersonThe Andrea Taylor Sentencing Advocacy Workshop focuses on a vital area of federal practice that has evolved since the Supreme Court declared the…
Read Full Event DescriptionIn-PersonPlease save the date for the Federal Defender Investigators and Paralegal Seminar on Aug. 4-6, 2026, with the location still to be determined.…
Read Full Event Description18 U.S.C. § 1519 prohibits only one act: that of falsifying a document. Today, in an unanimous opinion written by Justice Kagan, the Supreme Court held that “[t]he trial for falsifying a document must take place where the defendant falsified the document.” …
Read Full News PostIn Whitton v. Dixon, No. 25-580 (June 1, 2026) (per curiam), the Supreme Court held that in federal habeas proceedings, a court cannot consider post-trial evidence that the jury never…
Read Full News PostAs the COVID-19 pandemic started to abate, the U.S. District Court for the Virgin Islands resumed in-person hearings, with some restrictions. In one such instance, drug traffickers who go by "Bogus" and "Crumbull" challenge their convictions, arguing that the exclusion of observers from the…
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Information about general CLE regulations by state and how the DSO Training Division as a "Sponsor" facilitates CLE for its programs.
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.
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