Assistant Public Defender 

POSITION DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS 

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

Performs professional legal work defending indigent clients charged with misdemeanor offenses in City Court including pretrial functions. Advises clients on a wide range of direct and collateral consequences of criminal prosecution.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:*

The Assistant Public Defender position at the City of Tucson's Public Defender's Office advises indigent clients on a wide range of direct and collateral consequences of criminal prosecution and is responsible for all pretrial functions. This position requires court coverage for other attorneys and is occasionally called to court for client assistance.

For more information, please visit:

https://tucsonaz.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Tucson_Talent/details/Assistant-Public-Defender_JR-1000841  

"[Mentors'] very existence is confirmation of the possibilities one may have have every reason to doubt, saying, 'Yes, someone like me can do this'" -- Sonia Sotomayor, First Latina Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States of America

As a mentor, you will have the opportunity to give an undergraduate Latina the confidence that someone like her can become a lawyer and contribute directly diversifying our legal community! We have 25 students enrolled, and would like to be able to provide one-on-one mentoring.

We expect the time commitment to be less than 1 hour per week most weeks.  The expected time commentment includes:

• Contact your mentee on a weekly basis over the course of the 2025 Spring semester;
• Ensure that your mentee has in-person contact with you or shadows you, if able; and
• Attend program networking events, if available.

Please sign up to mentor using the link below! 

Mentor Survey/Sign-up

Questions? Contact Jessica Findley at [email protected]