Rule Standard 5 – Administrative Costs

May 14, 2021 | Criminal Procedure, Washington

Standard 5.1. [Reserved.]

Standard 5.2.

A. Contracts for public defense services should provide for or include administrative costs associated with providing legal representation. These costs should include but are not limited to travel; telephones; law library, including electronic legal research; financial accounting; case management systems; computers and software; office space and supplies; training; meeting the reporting requirements imposed by these standards; and other costs necessarily incurred in the day-to-day management of the contract.
B. Public defense attorneys shall have (1) access to an office that accommodates confidential meetings with clients and (2) a postal address, and adequate telephone services to ensure prompt response to client contact.

Wash. Sup. Ct. Crim. R. Standard 5

Adopted effective October 1, 2012.