Back to Placement List
The Federal Public Defender’s office in the Northern District of Mississippi placement offers students the opportunity to work alongside Assistant Federal Public Defenders in The Northern District of Mississippi as they represent indigent defendants charged with misdemeanor and felony offenses in federal court. Students can expect to learn about federal public defense from the the inception of a case through client interview, investigation, discovery, motions, trial, sentencing and appeal. Students placed with the Federal Public Defender’s office get the benefit of learning federal criminal law in a small office setting with dedicated federal defenders.