New York State
Defenders Association
194 Washington Ave,
Suite 500
Albany, NY 12210
(518) 465-3524
FAX: 465-3249

• New York State Chief Defenders List
• New York State Defender Office Web Sites
• Civil Legal Services

The New York State Defenders Association maintains a list of Chief Defender Offices in New YorkState. It includes contact information for statewide and local public defenders, legal aid societies, and assigned counsel programs that provide criminal defense and related services for people unable to afford counsel. This list is periodically updated.
 

NYSDA Chief Defenders List (February 15, 2008) (52K PDF)

New York Defender Office Web Sites___________________

• Albany County Public Defender
• Bronx Defenders
• Brooklyn Defender Services
• Broome County Public Defender
• Capital Defender Office (NYS)
• Cattaraugus County Public Defender
• Cayuga County Assigned Counsel for the Indigent Program
• Cortland County Public Defender
• Erie County Bar Association Aid to Indigent Prisoners Society
• Federal Public Defender: Northern District of New York
• Federal Public Defender: Western District of New York
• Frank H. Hiscock Legal Aid Society (OnondagaCounty)
• Genesee County Public Defender
• Jefferson County Public Defender
• Legal Aid Society of Nassau County
• Legal Aid Society of New York and Office Locations (NYC)
• Monroe County Office of the Conflict Defender
• Monroe County Public Defender
• Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
• Office of the Appellate Defender (1st Dept)
• Oneida County Public Defender
• Orleans County Public Defender
• Schuyler County Public Defender
• St. Lawrence County Public Defender
• Steuben County Public Defender
• Tioga County Public Defender
• Ulster County Public Defender 

Civil Legal Services_________________________________

• Directory of Civil Legal Services in New York City
• Directory of Legal and Social Services for Prisoners (JLM)
• Empire Justice Center
• Farmworker Legal Services of New York
• LawHelp.org/NY
• Lawyer Referral and Information Services (NYSBA)
• Lawyer Referral Services & Legal Aid Offices for the Thirty-Two Counties in the Northern District of New York
• Legal Assistance of Western New York
• Legal Services Corporation: New York
• Legal Services for New York City
• Legal Services of the Hudson Valley
• Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee
• National Support Centers
• Neighborhood Legal Services (Buffalo)
• New York Legal Assistance Group (NYC)
• New York State Pro Bono Opportunities Guide
• Queens Legal Services
• Rural Law Center of New York
• South Brooklyn Legal Services
• Western New York Law Center