The Bronx Defenders

The Bronx Defenders is a public defender office located in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York City. Founded in 1997 by its executive director Robin Steinberg and by criminal defense attorney Daniel Arshack, the Bronx Defenders is responsible for developing holistic defense, an interdisciplinary model of criminal defense lawyering.[1] At the Bronx Defenders, criminal defense lawyers work together with civil lawyers, family defense lawyers, immigration lawyers, non-attorney advocates, social workers, and investigators to help their clients address the full range of legal and social issues that can result from criminal charges.[2] In recent years, the Bronx Defenders has received national attention and praise for its work providing holistic defense to indigent residents of the Bronx, including the National Legal Aid & Defender Association’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Award.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Winnie Hu, "In South Bronx, Legal Aid and Shoulders to Lean On", The New York Times, 27 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Robin Steinberg, "Heeding Gideon's Call in the Twenty-First Century: Holistic Defense and the New Public Defense Paradigm", 70 Washington & Lee Law Review 961-984 (2013).
  3. ↑ "The Bronx Defenders Wins the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s 2013 Clara Shortridge Foltz Award."

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