National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Guidelines for Negotiating and Awarding Indigent Defense Contracts, 1984, III-16, Supervision and Evaluation:

The contract should establish a procedure for internal systematic supervision and evaluation of the performance of the Contractor's staff based upon publicized criteria. Supervision and evaluation efforts should include monitoring of time and caseload records, review and inspection of transcripts, an evaluation of attorney case activity, in-court observations, and periodic conferences.

A system of performance evaluations should be based upon personal monitoring by the Contractor's Director or Chief Attorney and should be augmented by regular, formalized comments by judges, prosecutors, other defense lawyers, and clients. The criteria of performance employed should be those of a skilled and knowledgeable criminal lawyer.

National Study Commission on Defense Services, Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States, 1975, 5.4, Supervision and Evaluation of Defender System Personnel:

The professional performance of defender staff attorneys should be subject to systematic supervision and evaluation based upon publicized criteria. Supervision and evaluation efforts should be individualized, and should include monitoring of time and caseload records, review and inspection of case files and transcripts, in-court observation and periodic conferences.

National Study Commission on Defense Services, Guidelines, 5.5, Monitoring and Evaluation of Assigned Counsel Program Personnel:

All evaluations of panel attorneys should be conducted by the administrator of the program. The results of evaluations should be reported to the attorney upon request of the attorney or in the discretion of the administrator.

A system of performance evaluations based upon personal monitoring by the administrator, augmented by regular in-puts from judges, prosecutors, other defense lawyers and clients should be developed. Periodic review of selected cases should be made by the administrator. The criteria of performance utilized in evaluations should be those of a skilled and knowledgeable criminal lawyer.

National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals, Task Force on Courts, 1973, Standard 13.9, Performance of Public Defender Function:

Policy should be established for and supervision maintained over a defender office by the public defender. It should be the responsibility of the public defender to insure that the duties of the office are discharged with diligence and competence.