National Center for Youth Law
National Center for Youth Law
The National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) is a non-profit law firm that helps low-income children achieve their potential by transforming the public agencies that serve them. NCYL provides support to qualified legal services programs free of charge. Their services include – serving as co-counsel on impact litigation, discussing individual client cases, exploring strategic and […]
Philabundance Community Kitchen
Philabundance is a proud member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Philabundance Community Kitchen is a 16-week culinary vocational training program that has been transforming the lives of women and men with low-to-no income since 2000. Philabundance Community Kitchen promotes the self-sufficiency of […]
Baton Rouge Capital Conflict Office
The Baton Rouge Capital Conflict Office (BRCCO) is a non-profit law firm that provides trial-level defense services to indigents charged of capital offenses in Louisiana state courts. The mission of the BRCCO is to provide quality capital representation to indigents in state court. The office complies with the ABA standards of capital representation to investigate […]
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center
The Louisiana Capital Assistance Center (LCAC) is a non-profit organization providing legal representation to poor people charged with capital crimes in Louisiana and beyond. LCAC strives to meet the LCAC’s four core values: achieving excellence; being client-centered; a spirit of service; and humility. Committed to excellence in capital defense, the LCAC emphasizes client-centered representation, constantly […]
Capital Defense Project of Southeast Louisiana
The Capital Defense Project is an initiative run by the Lousiana Public Defender Board. The project is committed to providing high-quality legal representation for its clients. The project aims to handle capital conflict cases, and the Capital Defense Project has expanded its duties to answer the increased need for non-conflict representation in capital cases. Investigators, mitigation […]
Defender Services Program
The Defender Services Program (DSP) is the social services and outreach division of the Orleans Public Defenders (OPD). Its purpose is to offer holistic, community-oriented representation and a range of supplemental legal/social services to clients of the Public Defenders. The Louisiana Public Defender Board supports this program by providing technical support, media advocacy and training […]
The First 72+
The First 72+ is a nonprofit organization with a mission to stop the cycle of incarceration by fostering independence and self-sustainability through education, stable and secure housing & employment, health care, and community engagement. During the first three days (first 72 hours after release) they support clients with a ride home from prison, clothes, food, accessing […]
Justice and Accountability Center
Justice and Accountability Center (JAC) is a Lousiana-based organization that works to eliminate obstacles to opportunity for people harmed by the systemic racism and economic impacts of the criminal legal system through policy advocacy, public education, and legal representation. JAC facilitates a collaborative lawyering program in which teams of attorneys who practice in different fields come together […]
Louisiana Appellate Project
The Louisiana Appellate Project (LAP) is a legal service provider based in Lousiana whose primary service is to provide appellate counsel. They provide appellate services for indigent defendants in all non-capital felony appeals in all Louisiana districts. Appellate work includes work in the appellate courts of Louisiana, and, when appropriate, filing writs to the Louisiana […]
Orleans Public Defenders
The Orleans Public Defenders (OPD) protect innocence, defend the constitution, demand justice, and hold power accountable. Staff Attorneys zealously defend clients against criminal charges in Criminal, Municipal and Traffic, and Juvenile Court immediately following an arrest all the way through sentencing and post-conviction. Investigators search for, collect and preserve evidence, locate and interview witnesses, and […]