LINK Data for Defenders
Data for Defenders is a database that collects briefs, motions, and transcripts focused on social science research and data helpful to public defenders. In addition to including completed briefs and motions submitted by defenders, defense experts will regularly draft language for new briefs and motions, incorporating novel social science research to help defenders advocate with and for their indigent clients.
The database is organized in a user-friendly way. For every document in the database, there is a description that will pinpoint exactly which pages have the relevant information. It’s also searchable by a number of different categories—date, jurisdiction, topic, key terms. And because it has succinct summaries, perusing the database by category can also generate ideas for defenders about different kinds of issues they can raise that they might not have thought of.