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News

Announcements and Law Updates

A comprehensive discussion of new Ninth Circuit cases, and of other new legal challenges and ideas, can be found on the Ninth Circuit blog. The Ninth Circuit blog contains Federal Defender Jon Sands' weekly Ninth Circuit summaries, interesting new defense challenges and theories posted by AFPDs David Porter and Steve Sady, and the “Case o’ The Week” memos by Federal Defender Steve Kalar. The Ninth Circuit blog is a useful starting place for the latest developments in federal criminal defense.

To search the Ninth Circuit blog use the white search box next to the orange "B," in the upper left hand corner of the site. Note that many blog entries have been tagged by Judge involved or by subject. Clicking on those tags will pull up all blog entries related to that tag entry.

CJA counsel are encouraged to comment on the blog postings – many new ideas have been fleshed out and enhanced by attorney commentary.

The Defender Services Program Diversity Fellowship Program

About the Diversity Fellowship Program

The Fellowship Program will seek to enhance the quality of representation provided under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) by creating a pipeline of diverse attorneys qualified to join federal defender offices, CJA panels, or federal capital trial teams.

The Fellowship Program will place 12 fellows in trial positions with participating Federal Defender host offices across the country for two years, and fellows will matriculate as a class. Each class will have a number of opportunities for joint training, mentorship, and other group activities.

About Federal Defender Offices

Skilled collaboration, strategic litigation, compassionate representation, and unique approaches to the issues affecting our clients are among the values we aim to foster in Federal Defender Organizations. Because no single person can do this work alone, you will work with experienced lawyers, mitigation specialists, paralegals, and administrative support staff.

Applicants

The Diversity Fellowship Program is open to current 3L students and recent law school graduates. A successful Fellow must be a talented advocate and legal writer, possess research skills, be team oriented, and be committed to public defense or related public interest law work.

Application Opens Sept. 2021

Fellows begin Sept. 2022

Candis Mitchell