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Want to Be a Public Defender? Come Chat with a PD from New Orleans

Tuesday, September 1, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Bring your own lunch and talk to New Orleans Public Defender Aaron Zagory, Director of the Conflict Division. We'll talk about post-grad, hiring, and how public defense and comunity organizing go hand-in-hand.
Bring your lunch and join Defenders at Berkeley and Berkeley Law alum Aaron Zagory, Director at Orleans Public Defenders Conflict Division. Aaron will be speaking about public defense, particularly in the South, what he’s looking for in prospective candidates in New Orleans for summer and post-grad, and how public defense and community organizing go hand in hand. Aaron graduated Berkeley Law in 2015 and did Death Penalty Clinic, Policy Advocacy Clinic, EBCLC, P-CAP, and BJCL. 
 

Details

Date:
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Venue

145 Law Building

Organizer

Defenders at Berkeley
Email:
defenders@berkeley.edu

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