Reports
Agency Reports
- Annual Reports
- Office of Public Defense Sunset Review
by the State of Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Public Defense Improvement Program
Status Report on Public Defense in Washington State
The Status Report discusses recent trends in criminal public defense services, highlights annual accomplishments of OPD's Defense Improvement Program, and lists counties' cities' statistics relating to public defense services.
Criteria and Standards for Determining and Verifying Indigency
Various Reports on Local Criminal/Juvenile Public Defense Issues
2019 Audit of Trial-Level Compliance with the Standards for Indigent Defense
2014 House Judiciary Workgroup on Misdemeanor Public Defense Costs in Washington State
2013 Report to the WA Supreme Court on Implementation of the Standards for Indigent Defense
2010 The Public Defense Pilot Project by Dr. Bill Luchansky
Reduced caseloads for public defense attorneys in three courts resulted in faster resolution of charges and improved representation.
2008 DWLS 3 Survey of Courts of Limited Jurisdiction
2001 Post-conviction DNA Testing: Report on the Act Relating to DNA
The Parents Representation Program
- Evaluation of the Impact of Enhanced Parental Legal Representation on the Timing of Permanency Outcomes
by Dr. Mark Courtney of the University of Chicago and Dr. Jennifer Hook of Partners for Our Children of the University of Washington
2011 Follow-up to Case Resolution Study
2010 Reunification and Case Resolution Improvement
by OPD and the Washington State Center for Court Research
2006 Positive Outcomes of the Parents Representation Pilot Program
2005 Evaluation Report
by the Northwest Institute for Children and Families, University of Washington
2003 Improving Parents' Representation in Dependency Cases
by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
2003 Dependency and Termination Equal Justice Committee Report
1999 Cost of Defense and Children's Representation in Dependency and Termination Cases
RCW 71.09 Civil Commitment
2020 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program [PDF]
2019 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2018 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2017 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2016 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2015 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2014 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
2013 Annual Report on the Chapter 71.09 RCW Indigent Defense Representation Program
