Mary Broderick works as a consultant for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, assessing indigent defense systems around the country.  She was executive director of California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. She also served as director of NLADA's defender division, where she conceived and edited NLADA's Standards for the Appointment and Performance of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases, and designed and launched NLADA's Life in the Balance death penalty defense training.  In addition to serving on DPF's Board, she is on the board of the Southern Center for Human Rights.