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Thank you to everyone who helped make BxD’s Community Block Party a hit!
Last week, The Bronx Defenders hosted its annual Community Block Party, where clients, community members, friends and family came together and enjoyed games, free food, free health and legal...
View ArticleAnnouncing Request for Proposals for 2015 Holistic Defense for Public...
The 2015 Holistic Defense for Public Defender Offices Technical Assistance Project Request for Proposals Deadline: August 21, 2015 Overview The Center for Holistic Defense, a project of The Bronx...
View ArticleBxD Social Workers and Advocates to present at the 2015 NOFSW Conference
On August 21-23, 2015, four of The Bronx Defenders’ Social Workers and Civil Legal Advocates will be presenting on two panels at the 2015 National Organization of Forensic Social Work (NOFSW)...
View ArticleBxD’s Elizabeth Keeney presented at NLADA’s Community Oriented Defender...
BxD’s Managing Director of Social Worker, Elizabeth Keeney, presented at the NLADA’s Community Oriented Defender Network Annual Conference on Wednesday, July 15th, 2015. She participated on the panel...
View ArticleBxD Attorneys and Social Workers present at the 4th National Parent Attorney...
On July 22-23, 2015, The Bronx Defenders’ Attorneys and Social Workers presented on three panels at the 4th National Parent Attorney Conference: Achieving Justice Against the Odds in Washington, DC....
View ArticleBxD Attorneys present at the 16th National Conference on Children and the Law
On July 24-25, 2015, The Bronx Defenders’ Attorneys present at the 16th National Conference on Children and the Law in Washington, DC. This conference offers targeted trial skills training for...
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Bronx Freedom Fund awarded the 2015 National Criminal Justice Association...
On Tuesday, August 4th, 2015, The Bronx Freedom Fund received the award from the National Criminal Justice Association for “outstanding criminal justice program” in the Northeast Region. Alyssa Work,...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is hiring a Managing Director for the Civil Action Practice
MANAGING DIRECTOR, CIVIL ACTION PRACTICE The Bronx Defenders The Bronx Defenders – an innovative, progressive, community-oriented indigent defense office in the South Bronx – seeks an energetic and...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is Hiring Entry-Level Staff Attorneys
ENTRY-LEVEL STAFF ATTORNEY: CRIMINAL DEFENSE PRACTICE & FAMILY DEFENSE PRACTICE Description: The Bronx Defenders employs a groundbreaking system of holistic defense to fight both the causes and...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders 2016 Summer Internship Program is Accepting Applications
2016 SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM Legal Internships (1L’s and 2L’s) 10 weeks from late May 2016 until early August 2016 Summer Legal Internships are available to law students interested in working with...
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Join us on November 18th for our 2015 Annual Gala!
For 18 years, The Bronx Defenders’ interdisciplinary teams of criminal, family, civil, and immigration attorneys, social workers, advocates, and investigators have zealously defended the accused,...
View ArticleAvery McNeil presented testimony before the New York City Council
Bronx Defenders Criminal Defense Attorney and Coordinator for the Human Traffic Intervention Court Avery McNeil presented testimony before the New York City Council Joint Hearing of the Committee on...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is Hiring a Team Administrator
Team Administrator Job Description The Bronx Defenders is a multi-service holistic defense organization dedicated to addressing the underlying causes and resulting consequences of involvement with the...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is Hiring a Team Administrator Supervisor
Team Administrator Supervisor Job Description The Bronx Defenders is a multi-service holistic defense organization dedicated to addressing the underlying causes and resulting consequences of...
View ArticleWhere Criminal Defense Meets Civil Action: an Interview with Runa Rajagopal
This is the third in a series of interviews with attorneys who are pursuing social change through their work. This conversation is between Social Change editor Meghna Philip and Runa Rajagopal, a Team...
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Delegation of criminal defense attorneys from Japan visit BxD
On Monday and Tuesday, October 26 and 27, we were visited by a delegation of criminal defense attorneys from Japan. The Japanese criminal justice system will soon be instituting a system of plea...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is Hiring a Client Coordinator
Client Coordinator – Counsel Visit Area-Job Description The Bronx Defenders is a multi-service holistic defense organization dedicated to addressing the underlying causes and resulting consequences of...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is hiring a Team Leader
TEAM LEADER ABOUT THE BRONX DEFENDERS The Bronx Defenders provides free legal representation and an array of supportive services to clients and their families with criminal, family and civil matters...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders is Hiring a Supervising Attorney, CAP
SUPERVISING ATTORNEY THE BRONX DEFENDERS, CIVIL ACTION PRACTICE The Bronx Defenders – an innovative, progressive, holistic defense office in the South Bronx – seeks an energetic Supervising Attorney...
View ArticleThe Bronx Defenders Launches the Robert P. Patterson, Jr. Mentoring Program
The Bronx Defenders is thrilled to launch the Robert P. Patterson, Jr. Mentoring Program, which will provide adult mentors to at-risk youth in the South Bronx. Using The Bronx Defenders’ collaborative...
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