HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12152015 - C.38RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a Field Agency Agreement and
accompanying Memoranda of Agreement with University of California Hastings College of Law and Lawyers for
America in an amount not to exceed $102,000 to provide work experiences for two (2) law students for the Lawyers
of America program for the period of August 15, 2015 through September 15, 2017.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$102,000, 100% General Fund
BACKGROUND:
These Agreements will extend and continue the Lawyers of America Program between UC Hastings College of Law
and the Contra Costa County Public Defender's Office. As applied in this Office, the program combines academic
legal training with real world criminal defense in the County's trial courts. This Program is an internship activity
which aims to improve the lawyering skills of new lawyers while expanding the availability of legal services for
those defendants who cannot afford to hire lawyers and for the public by providing two-year work experiences in the
public and nonprofit business sectors. The primary
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/15/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Richard Loomis,
925-335-8093
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 15, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 38
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Robin Lipetzky, Public Defender
Date:December 15, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract Payable (Lawyers for America)
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
purpose of these Agreements is to further the educational objectives of the Program by placing two (2) clinical
Fellows with the Agency to work under the direction of a designated attorney supervisor and other Agency attorneys
in the defense of criminal cases.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Office of the Public Defender would not be able to continue participation in the Lawyers for America Program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.