The chief defender may:
- (1) Hire or contract for attorney, professional, technical, and support personnel;
- (2) Establish an administrative office within the Office of Indigent Legal Services;
- (3) Exercise supervisory authority over all employees of the office;
- (4) Assist the commission in the development of standards related to indigent representation services;
- (5) Monitor, evaluate, and enforce compliance with standards adopted by the commission;
- (6) Develop strategic plans, and conduct research and studies, to inform the objectives of the commission;
- (7) Develop strategic plans to expand the office's scope of providing indigent representation to include additional case types;
- (8) Establish branch public defender offices;
- (9) Provide training and support to indigent defense attorneys statewide; and
- (10) Perform other duties as may be prescribed by the commission.
Source: SL 2024, ch 95 , § 11, eff. Mar. 18, 2024.