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Provides oversight and support for private criminal defense attorneys representing indigent clients across Berkshire, Franklin, and Hampshire Counties. Responsibilities include ensuring contract compliance, supervising and recruiting attorneys, reviewing complaints and performance reports, assessing complex-case billing, coordinating case coverage, responding to stakeholders, reviewing panel applications and appellate decisions, and analyzing and reporting county-level data.

Law student interns support public defenders in criminal cases through client representation under supervision, legal research, motion and memorandum drafting, case investigation, client interviews, trial preparation, and court observation. Interns receive training in client advocacy and Massachusetts criminal practice and work primarily onsite at the Malden office and local courts. Part-time and full-time Spring 2027 internships are available; the position is unpaid.

Leads the statewide criminal private counsel trial panel, ensuring quality, compliance, attorney certification, and effective assignment procedures. Supervises 10 staff members, supports bar advocate programs, oversees budgets and contracts, investigates compliance concerns, reviews eligible counsel billing, manages murder hotline staffing, and collaborates across agency divisions. The Director also provides training, develops staff, supports diversity and inclusion, and responds to courts, clients, justice-system stakeholders, and other public counsel partners.