Late Job Notices_____________________________________
All job listings appear below. Select employment listings also appear in the "Job Opportunities" section of The Public Defense Backup Center Report.
Chemung County: Assistant Public Defender
The Public Defender is accepting applications/resumes with references for an opening beginning this summer as a full-time Assistant Public Defender in the criminal law division. Seeking a NYS admitted attorney with at least 3 years of criminal law experience. The applicant should be able to handle an active City Court caseload and a limited night court. This position has excellent benefits: NYS Retirement, Health, Dental, Optical, etc. Chemung County is located in the Southern Tier of New York, just south of the Finger Lakes. There are excellent K-Doctoral educational facilities in the area, and there is an airport with major airline service. Please send to: Nancy M. Eraca-Cornish, Chemung County Public Defender, 163 Lake St, Elmira, NY 14901.
Plattsburgh, NY: Staff Attorney Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York
Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York (PLS) is seeking applicants for a staff attorney position in our Plattsburgh, New York regional office. PLS is a statewide program providing civil legal services to people incarcerated in New York State prisons. Please send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and list of three references by June 12, 2009, by regular mail or email to: Michael Cassidy, Managing Attorney, Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, 121 Bridge Street, Suite 202, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, Email: mcassidy@plsny.org. For more information, click here (44K PDF).
Arizona: Executive Director, Arizona Capital Representation Project
The Arizona Capital Representation Project is the only non-profit death penalty resource center in Arizona. The Project consults on capital cases at all stages of legal proceedings and directly represents indigent death-sentenced inmates in state and federal courts. The Project also offers free legal resources such as training seminars, sample pleadings, research materials and moot courts. The Executive Director will directly represent death-eligible indigent criminal defendants at trial, appeal, or post-conviction; consult on capital cases at all procedural stages; assist with preparation and presentation of training seminars, moot courts, research materials, legal publications and other legal resources; supervise staff members (including two full-time employees and four part-time employees); and oversee the daily operations of the organization. For more information, click here.
Connecticut: Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Under the direction of the Executive Director, the Legal Director manages and coordinates the organization's statewide legal program and participates in non-litigation advocacy activities. Although the primary litigation function in the ACLUF-CT's wide range of civil liberties cases will be recruiting and managing cooperating counsel (generally attorneys in private practice who volunteer to handle litigation under the direction of the ACLUF-CT), the Legal Director may also directly handle cases - or supervise the ACLUF-CT's other staff attorney in handling cases - especially in connection with pleading, discovery and emergency hearings and presenting oral arguments in state and federal courts at both trial and appellate levels. The Legal Director also works with the National ACLU litigation team in investigating and developing cases. The Legal Director will also have non-litigation advocacy responsibilities including public speaking, media interviews and outreach work, researching legal issues related to proposed legislation, and writing press releases, op-eds and newsletter articles and reports. The Legal Director will work with a local legal committee and report periodically to the Board of Directors. For more information, click here.
Baltimore City, MD: Chief Counsel – Executive Unit
Maryland Legal Aid is a private, non-profit law firm providing free legal services to low-income people in Baltimore City and throughout Maryland's 23 counties from 13 office locations. The office is looking for a new Chief Counsel. Salary: $100,000 and up depending upon experience. Location: 500 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. In order to receive full consideration, however, candidates are urged to submit their materials before May 1, 2009. Materials should be submitted electronically to Phillip Stillman, Chief of Human Resources, pstillman@mdlab.org in Microsoft Word format. Maryland Legal Aid is being assisted in the search by Patricia Pap, Executive Director, Management Information Exchange, 617-556-0288, ppap@m-i-e.org. Candidates with questions about the position or process are encouraged to contact her. For complete information, click here.
LA: Public Defender Board
For employment opportunities with the New Louisiana Public Defender Board, job descriptions and complete details, click here
Wisconsin: First Assistant Public Defender Appellate Division
The Wisconsin Public Defender is recruiting internally and externally for a First Assistant in the Milwaukee Appellate Division office. The First Assistant will perform a variety of management duties, including direct supervision of staff attorneys, client representation and statewide management and leadership activities. For more information, click here. If you are interested and qualified to apply, please go to the Wisc.Jobs link above and follow the instructions there. To ensure that you are considered for this position, please complete the application materials on Wisc.Jobs by January 6, 2009. If you have additional questions about the position, please contact Atty Marla J. Stephens, WSPD Appellate Division Director, stephensm@opd.wi.gov, or 414-227-4891.
Massachusetts: Director Juvenile Defender Department
The Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS)seeks applications for the position of Director of its new Juvenile Defender Department (JDD). The JDD provides legal services to children and youth in juvenile delinquency, youthful offender (YO), and related proceedings. Representation is provided through staff offices located in Roxbury and Worcester and by more than 700 private attorneys statewide. The JDD administrative staff is responsible for management, training, policy advocacy, and development. For more information, click here.
NYSDA Internship Programs Public Interest Employment_____
Law Internship Program
Internships are available for law students who want to gain experience in legal research and criminal law. Students can earn academic credit through Albany Law School or any participating institution. Law students work on a variety of criminal defense research projects, and participate in the preparation of case summaries for NYSDA's publications and databases. During the summer, law student interns are eligible to work along with staff and observe NYSDA's Basic Trial Skills Program for new attorneys. Send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to:
- Charles F. O'Brien
Managing Attorney
New York State Defenders Association
194 Washington Ave, Suite 500
Albany, NY 12210
Email: cobrien@nysda.org
Phone: (518) 465-3524
Fax: (518) 465-3249
Criminal Justice Internship Program
Internships are available for students who want to gain experience in criminal justice research. Students can earn academic credit through the SUNY School of Criminal Justice in Albany or any participating institution. Among its many responsibilities, NYSDA engages in the following activities: providing technical assistance to public defense providers and local, state and government officials; reviewing and analyzing public defense and relevant criminal justice research studies, reports and literature; assisting in evaluation of county public defense systems; undertaking public defense data collection, including caseload, budget and expenditure data; designing survey instruments; and assisting in reviewing and analyzing public defense legislation. The criminal justice intern works under the supervision of the Executive Director and Managing Attorney to fulfill the office's social science research needs. Send a cover letter, resume and writing sample to:
- Charles F. O'Brien
Managing Attorney
New York State Defenders Association
194 Washington Ave, Suite 500
Albany, NY 12210
Email: cobrien@nysda.org
Phone: (518) 465-3524
Fax: (518) 465-3249
Library Internship Program
Internships are available for students who want to gain experience in librarianship or information science. Students can earn academic credit through the School of Information Science and Policy, University at Albany or any participating library school. The Backup Center Library plays a key role in NYSDA's mission by providing research and support services to staff lawyers, public defense attorneys and government officials. Library Interns, working under the supervision of Director of Legal Information Services, will have the opportunity to interact with professional staff, government agencies, vendors and publishers. Interns will work in any or all of the following areas: reference and research, collection development, cataloging, indexing and database management, records management and space planning. Send a cover letter and resume (preferably by email) to:
- Ken Strutin
Director of Legal Information Services
New York State Defenders Association
194 Washington Ave, Suite 500
Albany, NY 12210
Email: kstrutin@nysda.org
Phone: (518) 465-3524
Fax: (518) 465-3249
There are several sites that post public interest positions exclusively, while other general sites may contain a section devoted to such jobs.
Employers___________________________________________
Employers interested in placing a job advertisement with the New York State Defenders Association to be published in either The Public Defense Backup Center Report or on the NYSDA web site, please contact Susan Bryant by email (sbryant@nysda.org), phone (518) 465-3524 or fax (518) 465-3249. NYSDA reserves the exclusive right to decide which job advertisements will be posted
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