Here you will find vacancy announcements for positions in Federal Public Defender Offices, Federal Community Defender Offices, and other select positions related to the Criminal Justice Act. Click on the position name for a detailed position description in PDF. Information on Internships in Federal Defender Offices with Capital Habeas Units is now available to the community.
Additionally, please visit https://diversityfellowship.fd.org/ to learn more about DSO's Diversity Fellowship Program.
Position Title | Organization | Location | Closing Date |
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Investigator | Western District of Tennessee |
Memphis, TN
|
When Filled |
Investigator - Capital Habeas Unit | Eastern District of California |
Sacramento, CA
|
When Filled |
Capial Habeas Attorney | Federal Defender Program, Inc. |
Montgomery, AL
|
When Filled |
CJA Panel Administrator | Western District of Washington |
Seattle, WA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Paralegal | Federal Defender Program, Inc. |
Montgomery, AL
|
When Filled |
Personnel Administrator | Western District of Missouri |
Kansas City, MO
|
When Filled |
Supervisory Computer Systems Administrator | Southern District of Texas |
Houston, TX
|
When Filled |
Research and Writing Specialist | Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi |
Gulfport, MS
|
When Filled |
Research and Writing Specialist | Federal Community Defender of the Eastern District of Michigan |
Detroit, MI
|
When Filled |
Investigator | Federal Community Defender for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, PA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Federal Community Defender of the Eastern District of Michigan |
Detroit, MI
|
When Filled |
Mitigation Specialist | Northern District of New York |
Albany, NY
|
When Filled |
Mitigation Specialist | Georgia Federal Defender Program, Inc. |
Atlanta, GA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Trial Unit | Eastern District of Arkansas |
Little Rock, AR
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Southern District of Texas |
Houston, TX
|
When Filled |
Research and Writing Specialist | Southern District of Texas |
Houston, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Western District of Louisiana |
Shreveport, LA
|
When Filled |
Mitigation Specialist | Southern District of Texas |
Laredo, TX
|
When Filled |
Research and Writing Specialist - CHU | Northern District of Florida |
Tallahassee, FL
|
When Filled |
NITOAD Network Administrator | Western District of Texas |
San Antonio, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Central District of Illinois |
Springfield, IL
|
When Filled |
NITOAD IT Security Manager | Western District of Texas |
San Antonio, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender-Capital Habeas Unit | Western District of Texas |
Austin, TX
|
When Filled |
Case Management Assistant | Eastern District of Oklahoma |
Muskogee, OK
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | District of New Jersey |
Newark, NJ
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | District of Kansas |
Kansas City, KS
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender –Fort Worth Trial Division | Northern District of Texas |
Fort Worth, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Middle District of Florida |
Tampa, FL
|
When Filled |
Paralegal | District of Kansas |
Wichita, KS
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Northern District of New York |
Albany, NY
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Eastern District of Oklahoma |
Muskogee, OK
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator - Litigation Support | Eastern District of North Carolina |
Raleigh, NC
|
When Filled |
Personnel/Financial Administrator | Northern District of Ohio |
Cleveland, OH
|
When Filled |
Assistant Chief Investigator | Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. |
San Diego, CA
|
When Filled |
Paralegal | District of Hawaii |
Honolulu, HI
|
When Filled |
Investigator | Eastern District of Oklahoma |
Muskogee, OK
|
When Filled |
Paralegal Full Time Temporary | Western District of New York |
Buffalo, NY
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender – Capital Habeas Unit | District of Nevada |
Las Vegas, NV
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | District of South Carolina |
Charleston, SC
|
When Filled |
Leadership Training Meeting Planner | District of Kansas |
Kansas City, KS
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Appeals | District of Puerto Rico |
San Juan, PR
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | District of Colorado |
Denver, CO
|
When Filled |
Mitigation Specialist (Contract) | National Litigation Support |
Houston, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | District of South Carolina |
Columbia, SC
|
When Filled |
Mitigation Paralegal | Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia, Inc. |
Macon, GA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Eastern District of California |
Sacramento, CA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Southern District of Texas |
Brownsville, TX
|
When Filled |
Computer Systems Administrator | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Eastern District of California |
Fresno, CA
|
When Filled |
Legal Assistant | Western District of North Carolina |
Charlotte, NC
|
When Filled |
NITOAD Microsoft O365 Azure Administrator | Western District of Texas |
San Antonio, TX
|
When Filled |
Non-Capital Mitigation Specialist | Western District of Texas |
San Antonio, El Paso, Austin, or Del Rio, TX
|
When Filled |
Research and Writing Specialist | Western District of Texas |
El Paso, TX
|
When Filled |
Receptionist/Legal Assistant | Southern District of Texas |
Houston, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
When Filled |
District-Wide Receptionist/Case Management Assistant | District of Kansas |
Kansas City, KS
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Western District of Washington |
Seattle, WA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Capital Habeas Unit | Western District of Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh, PA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender (Trial Attorney) | Northern District of California |
San Jose, CA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | Districts of South Dakota and North Dakota |
Fargo or Bismarck, ND
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Capital Habeas Unit (2 vacancies) | Middle District of Tennessee |
Nashville, TN
|
When Filled |
Non-Capital Mitigation Specialist | Western District of Missouri |
Kansas City, MO
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defenders | Western District of New York |
Rochester, NY
|
When Filled |
Social Worker or Mitigation Specialist | District of Kansas |
Wichita, KS
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Federal Community Defender of the Eastern District of Michigan |
Flint, MI
|
When Filled |
Research & Writing Specialist - Capital Habeas Unit | Middle District of Tennessee |
Nashville, TN
|
When Filled |
Appellate Attorney | Northern District of Alabama |
Birmingham,
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender – Lubbock Trial Division | Northern District of Texas |
Lubbock, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Western District of Pennsylvania |
Pittsburgh, PA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Southern District of Texas |
McAllen, TX
|
When Filled |
Criminal Defense Investigator | Eastern District of Texas |
Tyler, TX
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender - Capital Habeas Unit | Northern District of Florida |
Tallahassee, FL
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | Middle District of Florida |
Fort Myers, FL
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | District of New Jersey |
Trenton, NJ
|
When Filled |
Investigator | Federal Community Defender for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
Philadelphia, PA
|
When Filled |
Executive Assistant/Project Manager | District of Kansas |
Topeka, KS
|
When Filled |
CJA Panel Managing Attorney | Eastern District of California |
Sacramento, CA
|
When Filled |
CJA Panel Assistant | Eastern District of Oklahoma |
Muskogee, OK
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Georgia Federal Defender Program, Inc. |
Atlanta, GA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Northern District of Oklahoma |
Tulsa, OK
|
When Filled |
Investigator | Northern District of Florida |
Pensacola, FL
|
When Filled |
Assistant Federal Defender | Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia, Inc. |
Macon, GA
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | Northern District of Florida |
Tallahassee, FL
|
When Filled |
Assistant Computer Systems Administrator | Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc. |
San Diego, CA
|
When Filled |
Administrative Secretary | Northern District of Ohio |
Cleveland, OH
|
April 22, 2024 |
Appellate Attorney | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
April 24, 2024 |
Legal Assistant | Central District of California |
Santa Ana, CA
|
April 26, 2024 |
Office Services Unit Assistant | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
April 26, 2024 |
Capital Habeas Investigator | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
April 26, 2024 |
Office Services Unit Assistant | Central District of California |
Santa Ana, CA
|
April 26, 2024 |
Legal Assistant | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
April 26, 2024 |
Assistance Computer Services Administrator | Southern District of West Virginia |
Charleston, WV
|
April 30, 2024 |
Secretary to the FPD | Southern District of West Virginia |
Charleston, WV
|
April 30, 2024 |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. |
Central Islip, NY
|
May 1, 2024 |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Western District of Tennessee |
Memphis, TN
|
May 3, 2024 |
Capital Habeas Attorney | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA, CA
|
May 3, 2024 |
Research and Writing Specialist - CHU | Middle District of Pennsylvania |
Harrisburg, PA
|
May 10, 2024 |
Legal Intern | Districts of South Dakota and North Dakota |
Bismarck, Fargo, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls,
|
May 13, 2024 |
Appellate Legal Assistant | Southern District of Florida |
Miami, FL
|
May 15, 2024 |
Clerical Assistant/Receptionist | Southern District of Florida |
Fort Lauderdale, FL
|
May 15, 2024 |
Clerical Assistant/Receptionist | Southern District of Florida |
Fort Lauderdale, FL
|
May 15, 2024 |
Assistant Federal Public Defender | Federal Defenders of New York, Inc. |
New York, NY
|
May 15, 2024 |
Investigator | Northern District of Alabama |
Huntsville, AL
|
May 17, 2024 |
Sentencing Resource Counsel Attorney | District of Arizona | Full-Time Telework | May 17, 2024 |
Investigator | Middle District of Florida |
Tampa, FL
|
May 17, 2024 |
Assistant Federal Defender | Federal Community Defenders, Inc. |
South Bend, IN
|
May 17, 2024 |
Trial Attorney (Riverside) | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
May 18, 2024 |
Trial Attorney | Central District of California |
Los Angeles, CA
|
May 24, 2024 |