2025 Michigan Holistic Defense Law Fellow

Background The Michigan Holistic Defense Fellowship is a paid professional opportunity for 12 law and social work students to spend a summer working at one of six public defender offices in Michigan engaged in the practice of holistic defense. Holistic […]

3L Law Student Summer Internship (Cheboygan County, Michigan)

3L Law Student Summer Internship – 2Ls also invited to apply Cheboygan County Office of Assigned Counsel for Indigent Defense Location Cheboygan County is one of the lower peninsula’s northernmost counties and borders the Straits of Mackinac and Lake Huron. […]

Administrator, Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System

The MAACS Administrator leads a growing staff of nine people that includes a Deputy Administrator, Litigation Support Counsel, Youth Defense Counsel, Mitigation Specialists, and other staff. Job responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ·       Sets the culture, mission, and […]

Appellate Defender (Director)

Michigan’s Appellate Defender Commission seeks applicants to serve as the Appellate Defender for the State of Michigan, a position created by Public Act 620 of 1978. The Appellate Defender is responsible for funding, policy, and leadership of a statewide appellate […]

Assignment Coordinator

Join Michigan’s State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) in our Lansing office as an Assignment Coordinator for the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (MAACS). Under the direction of the MAACS Administrator, the coordinator will support the system for ensuring the independent […]

Assistant Appellate Defender

Assistant Appellate Defenders represent people on their direct appeals or for other post-conviction proceedings. Appeals involve challenges to convictions and sentences following trials and guilty pleas. Attorneys at SADO do many different things as part of an appeal, including:    […]

Assistant Appellate Defender

Michigan’s State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) is expanding.  Join us as an Assistant Appellate Defender working statewide to represent people as they appeal their felony convictions. We focus on our clients as people and actively work to challenge injustices and […]

Assistant Public Defender

Under the direction of the Chief Public Defender, serves as attorney for indigent clients throughout the courts in Ingham County.   Performs legal research using electronic and on line tools.  Represents clients as assigned.  Advocates in the best interest for […]

Assistant Public Defender

The Assistant Public Defender (APD) is a trial lawyer position that supports the appointed chief public defender, playing a crucial role in countering state prosecutions. The APD practices in various forums, including county, municipal, and township courts, offering quality legal […]

Assistant Public Defender

Join our team at the Office of the Public Defender in Marquette County! Located on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, our office seeks new and experienced trial attorneys who are prepared to fight for our […]

Assistant Public Defender

Summary Provides indigent defense and legal services. Prepares, analyzes, presents, reports and communicates legal strategies, legal research and advises clients about legal matters. Appear at all levels of the trial court hearings, including arraignments, probable cause conferences, preliminary examinations, pre-trials, […]

Assistant Public Defender

Van Buren County is seeking qualified candidates to serve as an Assistant Public Defender for the Van Buren County Public Defender’s Office. Assistant Public Defenders provide legal representation to indigent defendants charged with criminal offenses in Van Buren County District […]

Assistant Public Defender

Are you passionate about justice and eager to make a difference in an underserved area that truly needs your skills? The Northeast Michigan Regional Defender Office, serving beautiful “Up North” communities surrounded by all nature has to offer, is looking […]

Assistant Public Defender

Assistant Public Defender – Level I – First Year Salary: $72,450 Kalamazoo Defender is an independent non-profit organization that provides legal representation to the adult indigent population charged with a crime within Kalamazoo County. We take a holistic approach, employing […]

Assistant Public Defender

Do you enjoy history and the great outdoors? Come work with us at one of the oldest operating courthouses in Michigan, where you are just a short walk from spending your lunch break watching the magnificent freighters pass through the […]

Assistant Public Defender – Level II

Assistant Public Defender – Level II Salary Range: $90,045 – $98,195 Kalamazoo Defender is an independent non-profit organization that provides legal representation to the adult indigent population charged with a crime within Kalamazoo County. We take a holistic approach, employing […]