A Survey of Public Defenders Pilot Study

• In Event: Legal Services for the Indigent: Designing a National Survey of Public Defenders

Abstract

Our piloting of our instrument has revealed more about the challenges of implementing a survey of public defenders. We will speak to what we have learned from the feedback received during our pilot process regarding the need to make for effective outreach to respondents, carefully crated language, and compelling content.

Authors

• Jeanette Hussemann, Urban Institute

• Bill Adams, Urban Institute

• Heather H. Hall, National Association for Public Defense

• Andrew L.B. Davies, NYS Office of Indigent Legal Services