Scope and Contents Mary Broderick served as the Director of the Defender Division at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association (NLADA) in Washington, from 1985-1994. Her papers represent a concerted effort on the part of Broderick and the Defender Division to improve the administration and capacities of public defender offices throughout the U.S. The Papers include benchmarks for the evaluation of defender services by local authorities and public defenders. The papers also enumerate basic steps to...