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Guidelines Endorsements

The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth drafted Trial Defense Guidelines: Representing a Child Client Facing a Possible Life Sentence was drafted in close collaboration with attorneys and advocates from across the nation, and has been endorsed by dozens of national and local organizations that provide defense services. The broad support for the Guidelines reflects the very real need for national standards for the representation of children facing life sentences, and we are committed to working with our partners to ensure that the Guidelines are implemented across the country.

If your organization is interested in endorsing the guidelines, please contact [email protected]. As of 11/17/15, endorsements are here and as follows:

National Organizations

  • Gideon’s Promise
  • Juvenile Law Center
  • NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • National Association for Public Defense
  • National Juvenile Defender Center
  • National Legal Aid & Defender Association
  • National Alliance of Sentencing Advocates and Mitigation Specialists
  • Southern Center for Human Rights
  • Southern Poverty Law Center

University & Law School Programs

  • Case Western Reserve University Schubert Center for Child Studies
  • Florida Center for Capital Representation at FIU College of Law
  • Georgetown Law Juvenile Justice Clinic
  • Loyola Law School Center for Juvenile Law & Policy
  • Northwestern University School of Law Children and Family Justice Center
  • Quinnipiac University School of Law Juvenile Sentencing Project
  • University of Chicago Law School Criminal and Juvenile Justice Project
  • University of North Carolina School of Law Youth Justice Clinic

State & Local Organizations

  • Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
  • California Public Defender Association
  • Colorado Juvenile Defender Center
  • Columbia Legal Services (WA)
  • Connecticut Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
  • Connecticut Division of Public Defender Services
  • Cook County (IL) Public Defender
  • Defender Association of Philadelphia
  • Delaware Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Delaware Office of the Public Defender
  • Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Florida Public Defender Association
  • Florida Public Defender Fourth Judicial Circuit (Jacksonville)
  • Florida Public Defender Eleventh Judicial Circuit (Miami-Dade)
  • Florida Public Defender Fifteenth Judicial Circuit (West Palm Beach)
  • Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Illinois Council of Chief Defenders
  • Illinois Public Defender Association
  • Juvenile Defenders Association of Pennsylvania
  • Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana
  • Maricopa County (AZ) Office of the Public Advocate
  • Maryland Office of the Public Defender
  • Massachusetts Youth Advocacy Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services
  • Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Minnesota Board of Public Defense
  • Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • North Carolina Office of the Juvenile Defender
  • Office of the Colorado State Public Defender
  • Office of The Ohio Public Defender
  • Ohio Children’s Law Center
  • Ohio Juvenile Justice Coalition
  • San Francisco Public Defender’s Office
  • South Carolina Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • South Carolina Public Defender Association
  • Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Washington Defender Association
  • Wyoming Office of the State Public Defender
  • Youth Sentencing and Reentry Project

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