{"product_id":"2940149069897","title":"GOOD PRACTICES FOR PANEL ATTORNEY PROGRAMS IN THE U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS","description":"More than 9,000 criminal defendants who file appeals in United States federal courts each\u003cbr\u003eyear are financially eligible for government-funded counsel under the Criminal Justice Act\u003cbr\u003e(CJA).1 In more than half of these cases, the defendants are represented by attorneys from a\u003cbr\u003efederal defender organization, and the others are assigned a private attorney, commonly\u003cbr\u003ereferred to as a “CJA panel attorney.” Each of the nation’s 12 geographic circuit courts of\u003cbr\u003eappeals has its own system for assigning counsel. Each has a written plan that provides a\u003cbr\u003ebroad outline of how it will manage this process; subsection (a)(3) of the CJA provides for\u003cbr\u003eeach circuit judicial council to supplement its district court CJA plans with appellate\u003cbr\u003eprovisions. Many details of a court of appeals’ practices, however, are not captured in these\u003cbr\u003eplans, or in court rules or other documents, and there is no nationwide compilation of court of\u003cbr\u003eappeals practices.\u003cbr\u003eThe Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts contracted with the Vera Institute to\u003cbr\u003eexplore circuit panel attorney systems and to identify those practices that promote quality\u003cbr\u003erepresentation and efficient administration of the CJA panel attorney program at the circuit\u003cbr\u003elevel. To that end, Vera researchers reviewed CJA-related documents and conducted\u003cbr\u003etelephone interviews with a number of judges, court administrators, CJA panel attorneys, and\u003cbr\u003efederal defenders in every circuit. In addition, researchers conducted in-person interviews to\u003cbr\u003eexamine circuit-specific practices in the three circuits—the Second, the Tenth, and the\u003cbr\u003eEleventh—that were selected for in-depth inquiry.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072818233584,"sku":"2940149069897","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149069897_p0.jpg?v=1763711494","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149069897","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}