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Leadership UpdateThe National Defender Leadership Institute (NDLI) has participated in a number of exciting trainings in the two months since the NLADA Annual Conference. On December 9, 2004, Catherine Beane, Cait Clarke, and Chuck Wynder traveled to Annapolis, Maryland, to present the Nuts and Bolts of Leadership and Management to a group of 100 supervisors and managers from the Maryland Office of the Public Defender. Dynamic defender leaders from NLADA and the ACCD, including Karl Doss, Richard Goemann, Robert Listenbee, Gerry Smyth, Robin Steinberg, Pat Wynn, and Suzy Story, facilitated small groups as they worked through various management challenges. Maryland Public Defender Nancy Forster set forth a vision for the agency as a network of community problem-solvers focused on providing client-centered representation. Similarly, on January 30, 2005, Beane and Clarke joined the faculty of the Kentucky Department of Public Advocacy’s (DPA) Defender Management Institute for a three-day conference on leadership and management. The 25-member faculty included NLADA and ACCD defender-leaders Fred Friedman, David Knutson, Fern Laethem, Ira Mickenberg, Ed Monahan, Jon Rapping, Jack Rogers, Jeff Sherr, John Stuart, Phyllis Subin, and Jo-Ann Wallace, who were paired as small group facilitators with managers from DPA. The conference began with a keynote address by Kentucky Public Advocate Ernie Lewis, in which he described his vision of creating “communities of hope and justice” throughout the State of Kentucky. Lewis’ remarks served as a guide throughout the conference as participants heard from Knox County Public Defender Mark Stevens, as well as Stuart, Rogers and Wallace, about the important role of defenders as leaders in their communities. Central to the conference was the utilization of four “frames” of leadership (structural, human resources, political and symbolic) to address the management challenges that face supervisors and managers throughout the agency. In addition, Beane and Clarke have worked together to facilitate a smooth transition in the leadership of NDLI. Clarke’s stewardship over the past three years has enabled NDLI to grow into an important resource for defender leaders throughout the country. In the coming weeks, NDLI will continue to build on this solid foundation through long-range planning and through ventures into Virginia, South Carolina, and Las Vegas, Nevada, for additional trainings and facilitation of indigent defense reform meetings. We look forward to reporting back! For more information on the National Defender Leadership Institute (NDLI), contact Catherine Beane, Director of NDLI, NLADA. (202) 452-0620 x226 c.beane@nlada.org |
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