Can a ‘Teach for America’ Model Save Public Defense?

Sep 15

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Melissa Simon, left, and Peter Brown, center, Partners for Justice client advocates, lead a training session at the Delaware County Public Defenders Office in Media, Pa.Credit...

Public defenders are overworked and underpaid. A growing corps of client advocates is helping defendants in communities across the U.S.

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