Special Assistant for Mitigation

The New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services seeks an experienced mitigation specialist to support the efforts of the Statewide Appellate Support Center team located at ILS offices in Albany, New York. The Special Assistant for Mitigation will continue […]

Mitigation Specialist

We seek a Mitigation Specialist to support our client-centered practice. In collaboration with the trial team, the Mitigation Specialist will gather, investigate, and analyze mitigation evidence at all stages of a criminal case. The Mitigation Specialist will develop a comprehensive […]

Mitigation Specialist

Mitigation Specialist Position: The Kansas State Board of Indigents’ Defense Services is accepting applications for the position of Mitigation Specialist in the Sedgwick County Public Defender Office in Wichita, Kansas. The Mission The Board of Indigents’ Defense Services (BIDS), through […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Social Work Meetup on Participatory Defense

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   Have you heard of or used participatory defense? Check out this brief video overview by Raj Jayadev that explains the importance of participatory defense and how it can empower families and community […]

MAACS Mitigation Specialist – Hybrid

JOB DUTIES:  Job duties include, but are not limited to: Travel to correctional institutions to visit with incarcerated clients to learn about their background, the facts of the offense, current experiences while incarcerated, and specific needs upon release (due to […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Help! I Need an Expert (Witness)

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   This meetup will discuss how we can brainstorm and identify, consult with, research, and prep expert witnesses with our team. Knowing when an expert witness is needed is one thing, finding one […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Using Mitigation to Challenge the Presentence Investigation Report – 03-20-2024 12:00 EST

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   The presentence investigation report is often a report generated by probation about aspects of our client’s life, but it does not tell the story of the client in the same way mitigation […]

Social Worker Supervisors Meet-Up: Clinical Supervision and Mentorship

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   Plan to join the next supervisors discussion and talk as supervisors in the social work role about this work. The next meeting is scheduled for March 19, 2024 at 10aPDT/11aMDT/12pCDT/1pEDT and the […]

Social Worker Meet-Up: Tuesday edition – 03-05-2024 12:00 EST

Need help with this registration process?  Watch this video.   In this special Tuesday edition of our social worker meet-up (for social workers, sentencing advocates, dispositional advocates, mitigation specialists, and others in similar roles) we are going to discuss mitigation theories! There […]

Forensic Social Work Practice Supervisor

New York County Defender Services is an elite public defense firm serving New York City’s most vulnerable communities since 1997. Our office’s work is to zealously defend people accused of crimes in Manhattan’s Criminal and Supreme Courts, at no cost to the […]