Common use of Public Defenders Office Clause in Contracts

Public Defenders Office. a. If court schedules require the presence of Public Defender’s staff on a scheduled county holiday, the responsibility for assigning staff is that of the trial team(s) or individual attorneys scheduled for coverage on that date. Volunteers may be sought from other office staff, but, the responsibility to assure such volunteer coverage remains with the trial team(s) or attorneys scheduled on that date. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx for Hennepin County for AFSCME Council 14, Local #2938 Date Signed: December 12, 1997 Letter of Understanding – Meet and Xxxxxx‌ In the above-referenced labor AGREEMENT, the provision set forth below is found in Article 31, Meet and Xxxxxx: "In addition, the parties mutually agree to conduct additional meet and confer sessions within individual departments or divisions. The number, frequency, length, scope and size of such meetings shall be determined by mutual AGREEMENT." The parties have reached the following understanding with respect to the interpretation and application of this language: 1. The Employer agrees to meet and confer with UNION representatives on issues related to workloads/caseloads in specific departments and divisions. 2. For purposes of the Meet and Confer process, the parties agree that the operation of the Lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility is fundamental to, and shall be afforded great weight in, any discussion of workloads and caseloads.

Public Defenders Office. a. If court schedules require the presence of Public Defender’s staff on a scheduled county holiday, the responsibility for assigning staff is that of the trial team(s) or individual attorneys scheduled for coverage on that date. Volunteers may be sought from other office staff, but, the responsibility to assure such volunteer coverage remains with the trial team(s) or attorneys scheduled on that date. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx for Hennepin County for AFSCME Council 14, Local #2938 Date Signed: December 12, 1997 Letter of Understanding – Meet and Xxxxxx‌ In the above-referenced labor AGREEMENTagreement, the provision set forth below is found in Article 3130, Meet and XxxxxxConfer: "“In addition, the parties mutually agree to conduct additional meet and confer sessions within individual departments or divisions. The number, frequency, length, scope and size of such meetings shall be determined by mutual AGREEMENTagreement." ” The parties have reached the following understanding with respect to the interpretation skills and application of this language: 1. The Employer agrees to meet and confer with UNION Union representatives on issues related to workloads/caseloads in specific departments and divisions. 2. For purposes of the Meet and Confer process, the parties agree that the operation of the LawyerXxxxxx’s Code of Professional Responsibility is fundamental to, and shall be afforded great weight in, any discussion of workloads and caseloads.

Public Defenders Office. a. If court schedules require the presence of Public Defender’s staff on a scheduled county holiday, the responsibility for assigning staff is that of the trial team(s) or individual attorneys scheduled for coverage on that date. Volunteers may be sought from other office staff, but, the responsibility to assure such volunteer coverage remains with the trial team(s) or attorneys scheduled on that date. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx for Hennepin County for AFSCME Council 14, Local #2938 Date Signed: December 12, 1997 Letter of Understanding – Meet and Xxxxxx‌ Confer‌ In the above-referenced labor AGREEMENTagreement, the provision set forth below is found in Article 3130, Meet and XxxxxxConfer: "“In addition, the parties mutually agree to conduct additional meet and confer sessions within individual departments or divisions. The number, frequency, length, scope and size of such meetings shall be determined by mutual AGREEMENTagreement." ” The parties have reached the following understanding with respect to the interpretation skills and application of this language: 1. The Employer agrees to meet and confer with UNION Union representatives on issues related to workloads/caseloads in specific departments and divisions. 2. For purposes of the Meet and Confer process, the parties agree that the operation of the Lawyer’s Code of Professional Responsibility is fundamental to, and shall be afforded great weight in, any discussion of workloads and caseloads.