Any insight on Fed Public Defender life? Currently a 3rd year at a firm doing civil defense. My dream job has always been to go Fed Public Defender. I just went to a private firm first to pay student loans. Can anyone share their experience working at a Fed PD? I'm specifically looking to move to Charlotte, but any insight at all is helpful.

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I had a good experience at the FPD for 7 years. It can vary widely depending on the office. Offices in the south generally have higher case loads and harsh judges. Hopefully you have some public defender internship experience on your resume. May be hard to make the jump from civil if not.

I spent half a summer split between Fed PD and city attorney, then another summer at the State PD, then a spring externship at the State PD while in law school. I also interned during college at a state PD. While at my current firm, I have done some semi-criminal law/8th Amendment related work. I don't think I'll have any issue showing I'm genuinely interested in the work. But of course there are people more experienced in crim law than I am.

The FPDs I knew in EDVA when I was private were happy as clams, with cushy government benefits.

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Good call paying loans off first. Federal PD is the indigent defense dream job though. Those jobs are never available because nobody ever leaves. Hope you get one and keep it for decades!

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