The Defender Resources page exists primarily to serve the information needs of agency employees. The main collection is located in Frankfort. There are over twenty-five satellite libraries located in our trial offices. Check out what services the DPA Law Library has to offer to agency employees. You may also browse a snapshot of the library's holdings
We work with the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives to obtain articles not available in full-text in our library or through the KDLA subscription database.You may contact the DPA Lawyer/Librarian Will Coy-Geeslin, J.D., M.L.S. via e-mail: will.coy-geeslin [at] ky.gov or voice at 502-564-8006, ext. 120.
CourtNet: Ky. Bar Member Login -- Law Enforcement Side (limited to your office county coverage area) -- You can learn more about accessing CourtNet.
Here is the DPA CourtNet User Agreement that you must sign and send to Will Coy-Geeslin to obtain access. The second prong to gain CourtNet access is to register online.
The Advocate search 1978-present
KLDA - State Library Services Databases (only available from DPA machines)
HeinOnline (only available to state government machines)
Searchable Kentucky Appellate Slip Opinions
Chase Law School's Searchable Ky. Supreme Court Brief Database - Jan 2000-present, published cases only
Westlaw
Handout Highlights 2007NLADA Forensics LibraryNLADA's Resource Page for Immigration-Related Criminal Defense IssuesDefending Battered Women - 2000 Manual for Criminal Defense Lawyers by Women's Advocacy Project in TexasKentucky Law Blog: Criminal Law
Sentencing Law and Policy
Sex Crimes - A blog devoted to the criminal laws regulating and punishing sexual violence
Appellate Law & Practice - A blog devoted to appellate law and advocacy
TalkLeft - The politics of crime
The Confrontation Blog - This blog is devoted to reporting and commenting on developments related to Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).
a public defender - Protecting the right to effective assistance of counsel
Defending People - the art and science of criminal defense trial lawyering
La Peine Forte et Dure - A public defender's journal
Public Defender Stuff - Indigent defense news, delivered fresh daily
Drug Law Blog - Drug Law, Policy and Politics in California, the Ninth Circuit, and the United States.
Eyewitness Identification Reform Blog - This blog is focused on the law and policies addressing eyewitness IDs, including police procedures, the admission of eyewitness testimony in the courtroom, and the findings of social science research regarding eyewitness memory.
3l Epiphany Criminal Defense Blog List
LLRX.com Collection of Criminal Justice Blogs
ABA Journal Collection of Criminal Justice Blogs