Job o’ the Day: Wrongful Convictions Project Attorney with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Based in Washington D.C., the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) advances the mission of the criminal defense bar to ensure justice and due process for people accused of crimes. With a direct membership of over 11,000 and an additional 35,000 international affiliates, the professional bar association works to promote the proper and fair administration of criminal justice.
NACDL is currently hiring a 6-month Project Attorney. From the PSJD job listing:
The Project Attorney is a limited-term grant funded position that will commence in March and conclude on September 30, 2013. One of the Project Attorney’s major responsibilities will be determining and notifying parties, including defendants and defense counsel, in a national project to identify cases of possible wrongful conviction based on unreliable forensic evidence. The Project Attorney will also assist NACDL’s Resource Counsel in developing and administering support services for criminal practitioners in a variety of practice settings throughout the United States, with an emphasis on post-conviction innocence claims. The Project Attorney will gather resources and further develop and update NACDL’s existing resources to provide technical and substantive assistance on all aspects of post-conviction criminal defense practice. The Project Attorney will provide resources on challenging the reliability of non-DNA forensic evidence to enable post-conviction lawyers to effectively identify and provide high quality representation in cases of wrongful conviction.
The Project Attorney will also conduct, community education and online resource development. For more information, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).