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July 13, 2022

July is BIPOC Menta Health Awareness Month

https://www.snocopda.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Untitled.mp4BIPOC Mental Health Month highlights the unique mental health challenges and needs of historically disenfranchised or oppressed racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Black […]
June 25, 2022

The Supreme Court’s Decision

SCPDA as an organization, and the anti-racism committee, acknowledge the deeply disturbing and terrifying decision made by the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. This […]
December 23, 2021

Holiday Hours and Closures

Happy Holidays
March 3, 2021

Congratulations on 20 years of Service

She’s never one to seek the spotlight, but we couldn’t let Rachelle Francis’s 20th anniversary pass unacknowledged.  Since 2001, Rachelle has held many roles at SCPDA, from her earliest days […]
February 10, 2021

Hiring Experienced Public Defender

The Snohomish County Public Defender Association is committed to providing the highest quality of legal representation to our clients – indigent persons accused of crimes under […]
July 6, 2020

BLM Message From The Board

The Snohomish County Public Defender Association(SCPDA) Board of Directors stands in solidarity with communities of color and in support of SCPDA employees and community members who protest, bear witness, and speak out against systemic racism.
June 11, 2020

One lawyer’s experience with bipolar disorder

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about five years ago. Bipolar Disorder is a mental illness characterized by extreme highs (mania or hypomania) and extreme lows […]
June 11, 2020

SCPDA STATEMENT ON GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH

To SCPDA Public Defenders, “In a racist society, it is not enough to not be a racist, we must be anti-racist.” Angela Davis We are seeing […]
March 27, 2020

COVID-19 CRISIS and Public Defense

In the last two weeks, the public defenders at the Snohomish County Public Defender Association (SCPDA) have worked tirelessly to reduce the number of people incarcerated […]
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