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Item is good for 64 routes, rollover orange dots above to see which ones! SLSConnect Wiki Criminal Law Defense Recommended for route(s): [ Academia ] Environmental Law: Pollution/Harms to Public Health Why it is relevant for ... [ Academia ] : This shared workspace allows students to learn from and collaborate with practitioners in criminal law. Take the opportunity to seek perspectives and advice from professionals in this practice area. Description: Many public interest minded law students and attorneys serve as advocates in the criminal justice system protecting defendants' constitutional right to counsel. Public defenders provide counsel for indigent defendants in criminal cases on local, state and federal levels. Public defender offices may be structured either as government or quasi-government entities, or as independent non-profit organizations. Some states have a statewide public defender system, and others are organized on a local basis. Federal public defenders represent indigent defendants in federal court. The majority of criminal defense lawyers work as public defenders, contract attorneys or assigned counsel and serve those too poor people. A recent National Legal Aid and Defender Association Report, concludes that public defenders and court appointed counsel typically represent 75% of the criminally accused in the United States. |