Day 1 of the 2024 DPA Administrative Professionals Conference!

The 2024 Administrative Professionals Conference was filled with informative sessions, connection building, and even two birthday celebrations! Thank you to all the administrative professionals who attended and helped make this an amazing training!

DPA offers a full week of training on Defending Children as part of new attorney training. Here is this year's first cohort!

DPA had its final Quarterly Leadership Meeting of 2024! During one session, leaders broke into small groups to workshop agency values.

Day 2 of DPA's Capital Defense Institute! Lori James-Townes, Executive Director of NAPD, presented on team collaboration. Lorinda Youngcourt, Senior Litigator at Federal Defenders, and Josh Miller, Directing Attorney of Capital Trials East, also presented on negotiation.

You can now check for court closures and schedule changes on the Kentucky Court of Justice website: kycourts.gov/Pages/index.as…

The Department of Public Advocacy is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Bright from the Samford University Cumberland School of Law will be joining DPA in our Elizabethtown Office in 2025. Welcome, Kaitlyn!

The Department of Public Advocacy is pleased to announce that Emily Boston from U of L's Brandeis School of Law will be joining DPA in our Louisville Office in 2025. Welcome, Emily!

This Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, celebrate with "a day on, not a day off" by volunteering, joining a freedom march, or participating in activities hosted by your local community.

Western Region Manager James Chamberlain and Murray Directing Attorney Cheri Riedel represented DPA at the University of Memphis School of Law!