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Articles and Interviews

Indiana Law Review Article on The Right to Counsel in New York, March, 2018 and Transmittal Message

Caher Podcast Transcript, November, 2014

Capital Punishment in a Time of Drones and Beheadings - Director Leahy's Talk at Brandeis 110314, November 3, 2014

Amplifying Gideon's Trumpet, Revitalizing Gideon's Rule: A Prescription For Action, July 2, 2013

Assessing the First Half-Century of Gideon: Reconciling Courtroom Reality with Constitutional Mandate, March 18, 2013

Indigent Legal Defense: The State and County Perspectives; NYSAC News Winter, 2012

Agencies Seek More Money to Support Defenders, NY Law Journal February 16, 2012

Remarks at the Dutchess County Bar Association Meeting, October 13, 2011

The Curious Creation, Perilous Present and Favorable Future of the Office of Indigent Legal Services, Speech Given at Saratoga, July 25, 2011

Q&A: William J. Leahy; NY Law Journal, June 10, 2011

Remarks at Law Day 2011; Daily Record April 29, 2011

 

 

International Conference on Criminal Legal Aid, Beijing: December 2012

A Chronology Of The Right To Counsel In The United States

An Assessment Of The Right To Counsel In The United States

Criminal Legal Aid In Common Law Countries

 

 

 

Juvenile Justice Forum Hosted By Fund For Modern Courts, April 2011: William J. Leahy, Moderator

Video of Proceeding

 

 

 

 

 

 

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