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A system for assigning private attorneys to poor defendants in Clark County suffers from a lack of oversight that yields uneven justice and questionable government spending. In response to the findings of a six-month Review-Journal investigation, court officials have proposed dramatically overhauling the "contract attorney" system, also known as the track or conflict system.

March 25
• INDIGENT DEFENSE: CONFLICTED JUSTICE
• Lack of standards leads to curious choices
• Part-time work, big business
• Complaints fall on deaf ears
• Big biller escapes Family Court notice
• For one, first-class defense was free

March 26
• Prosecutors' tactics challenge courts

March 27
• Court officials review indigent defense

April 13
• Justices order look at indigent defense

April 19
• Judges hold off on changes

Video: Overhauling the "contract attorney" system

May 16
• Indigent defense changes endorsed

June 28
• Contract lawyer system changed

July 24
• Nye experience highlights system flaws

July 25
• Panel endorses limiting public defender cases

Aug 25
• Lyon County attorney juggles massive indigent caseload

Oct 25
• Public defender changes expensive

Dec 15
• Officials clash over legal aid resources

Dec 21
• Indigent defense reforms discussed
• Man gets new public defender

District judges are closing public courts, refusing to explain why and prohibiting even those involved from discussing what was done in secret. The Review-Journal finds that many such cases involve big shots, special interests and people with close ties to judges.

See the list of other court cases that are being tried behind closed doors.

Jan 01
• Standards for sealing civil cases tougher

Dec 16
• SEALED LAWSUITS: Trend among cases criticized

Nov 25
• Fruitless pursuit of justice
• Case revealed law's faults

Aug 28
• SEALED COURT RECORDS: Panel works on access policy

Aug 27
• Commission discussing open civil case records

Aug 26
• COURT SETTLEMENTS: Physician secretive till death

Aug 19
• Sealed cases not tracked

May 22
• Panel opens debate over sealing of records

May 20
• Judge pledges to emphasize open records

May 10
• Judge, prosecutor oppose bill to keep court records open

February 11
• UNDER WRAPS: The case of the missing suits
• Jurists seal cases of colleagues
• Whitehead ruling set precedent
• Some cases matters of life, death

February 12
• Sealed case, second suit tied to hospital

February 13
• Judges sealed four lawsuits involving drug company

February 14
• Porn star bares all except lawsuit against ex

February 15
• Deceased's relatives face sealed lawsuit

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