LA: brand New Orleans public defender

Welcome Brand New Orleans PD:

It's one thing to tell yourself that you'll accept a job offer from the New Orleans Public Defender on the spot. It's another to actually do it.

I had turned down all other job offers waiting to hear from three offices - the Philadelphia PD, New York Legal Aid Criminal Defense, and the Orleans Public Defender. My friends were rooting for Philadelphia or New York. But I wanted to be at the front lines of a brand new office at the cutting edge of criminal justice. I wanted to work with lawyers who weren't afraid to get their hands dirty. I wanted to go to New Orleans...