Employment Opportunities
Disporportionality Unit Staff Attorney
The Washington State Office of Public Defense seeks an experienced attorney to develop legal trainings, strategies, and policies for challenging racial and economic disproportionality. The attorney should understand how race, gender, national origin, disability, and class intersect to create disparities for individuals and families that become involved in the legal system.
The successful candidate will collaborate with OPD leadership, attorneys, staff, and external partners to promote social justice and system reforms. The position will report to the Disproportionality Unit Supervising Attorney. Click here for more information and to apply. [careers.wa.gov]
Contract Opportunities
Forensic Civil Commitment Program Seeking Contract Social Worker
The OPD Forensic Civil Commitment Program is seeking to contract with a social worker to work at the direction of attorneys to provide advocacy, mitigation, referral services, limited crisis intervention and release planning to assigned clients. To learn more please see the listing on careers.wa.gov.
Parents Representation Seeking Contract Social Worker or Social Service Worker
OPD will enter into a contract with a social worker or social service specialist for its Parents Represenation Program work in Whatcom County. To learn more please see the listing on careers.wa.gov.
Blake Defense Program Seeking Specialized Contract Resentencing Attorney
OPD will enter into a contract or contracts with solo practice attorneys and/or multi-attorney organizations who will provide legal services to individuals who may be eligible for Blake relief in county courts, particularly individuals in custody of DOC or in the custody of corrections systems outside of Washington state; serve as resource or co-counsel to existing OPD Blake contractors; and client representation on resentencing and vacate motions. To learn more please see the listing on careers.wa.gov.
Blake Defense Program Seeking Contract Attorney(s) Statewide & Out of Jurisdiction
OPD will enter into a contract or contracts with solo practice attorneys and/or multi-attorney organizations who will provide legal services to individuals who may be eligible for Blake relief in county courts, particularly individuals in custody of DOC or in the custody of corrections systems outside of Washington state; serve as resource or co-counsel to existing OPD Blake contractors; serve as a secondary resource attorney for the WA State OPD Blake telephone inquiry line. Such services will include: coordination and communication with criminal legal system stakeholders in the county; regularly reviewing DOC data provided by OPD to prioritize relief for incarcerated individuals; and client representation on resentencing motions and motions to obtain a vacate and refund order. View application procedures. [careers.wa.gov]
Blake Defense Program Seeking Contract Attorneys - Columbia and Walla Walla Counties
The Washington State Office of Public Defense will enter into a contract or contracts with solo practice attorneys and/or multi-attorney organizations who will provide legal services to individuals who may be eligible for Blake relief in county courts. To learn more please see the listing on careers.wa.gov.
Parents Representation Program Seeking Contract Attorneys
The Washington State Office of Public Defense (OPD) provides state funded attorney representation and case support to indigent parents, custodians and legal guardians involved in child dependency and termination of parental rights proceedings. The following counties are seeking contracts:
Simple Possession Advocacy & Representation (SPAR) Program
The Washington State Legislature appropriated funding to us to help counties and cities provide public defense services for individuals charged under the offenses created in Second Engrossed Second Substitute Senate Bill (2E2SSB) 5536. Our Simple Possession Advocacy and Representation (SPAR) Program administers and disburses these funds. OPD is requesting applications for contract attorneys for misdemeanor practice in the cities listed below. Please click the contract location name below to be directed to the careers.wa.gov website for more information.
City of Kennewick, Richland, West Richland: Two full-time contracts.
Parents Representation Program - Application Pool Announcement
The Washington State Office of Public Defense Parent Representation Program is starting an application pool for full and part-time attorney contract for future openings in all Washington State counties. View application procedures [PDF].
For additional job and contract opportunities in public defense, visit Washington Defender Association.