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Recent News
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IDS Seeks New Executive Director
The Commission on Indigent Defense Services is seeking a new Executive Director for the Office of Indigent Defense Services following the announcement by the current Executive Director, Mary Pollard, that […]
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Offices Closed Friday, July 3
The Office of Indigent Defense Services will be CLOSED on Friday, July 3,in Observance of Independence Day. Happy Fourth of July!
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Blog Post Features Defender District 17
The latest North Carolina Bar Association blog post features a student intern and his mentor from Defender District 17 (Alamance County). The blog post was titled, “Planting Seeds in the […]
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Fourth Annual Juneteenth Event Honors Local Legends
The 2026 Honoring Juneteenth in Our Courts event was hosted for a fourth year by NCCU’s The Justice Institute, the North Carolina Association of Public Defenders, the George H. White […]
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State Bar Journal Includes Union County Feature Story
The story begins on page 16: https://digitaledition.pub/wc/csg/NC-Bar-Journal/Summer-2026/
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UNC School of Government Educator Blogs About Indigent Defense
Following the announcement that IDS Executive Director Mary Pollard will retire in August, John Rubin posted a blog on June 8 regarding the search for a new leader for the North Carolina Office of Indigent Defense Services. Rubin, who has […]