Law Student Series: Public Defender Service for DC Overview

Law Student Series: Public Defender Service for DC Overview

Staff attorneys for the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDSDC) will provide an agency overview and discuss available career options and potential career paths within the agency.  Join staff attorneys from the Appeals, Special Litigation and Trial divisions to get a sense of our work and the types of experience we seek when hiring. Information about our work and divisions is available on our website at www.pdsdc.org.

Presented by: Law Student Division & Younger Lawyers Division

The Law Student Series provides students, legal interns, and recent graduates with the opportunity to participate in a variety of presentations hosted by various FBA leaders, federal agencies, and other notable speakers. These free webinars allow attendees to learn directly from practitioners about career development, missions and operations, employment opportunities, and more! Check the program page for updates as programming is added.

About the Presenters

Paige White, Trial Attorney (Moderator)

Steve Marcus, Staff Attorney, Special Litigation

Steve Marcus is an attorney in the Special Litigation Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, where he represents individuals in post-conviction proceedings and challenges systemic injustice through affirmative civil rights litigation. Previously, Steve served as a law clerk to Judge Harry Edwards of the D.C. Circuit and to Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York. He holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden-Kern public interest scholar and Articles Editor of the Law Review, and a B.A. from Princeton University.

Jason Tulley, Supervising Attorney and Former Training Director, Trial Division

Jason D. Tulley is currently a Supervisor in the Trial Division at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia (PDS). Prior to that he was the Training Director where he trained all the new attorney at PDS for five years and trained over one hundred of the court appointed private attorneys in Superior Court. For the five years before that, Mr. Tulley was Special Counsel for Forensics and Expert services where he led the organization’s nationally renowned Forensic Practice Group which focuses on litigation of science issues from DNA to fingerprints to the psychology of eyewitness identification and manages the agency’s budget for expert witnesses.  Mr. Tulley has been at PDS for eighteen years where he has tried murder, sexual assault, and other major felony cases as well as worked on the forensic issues for the D.C. exoneration cases which led to the FBI Hair review.  He is also past Chair of NACDL’s Forensic Science Committee, where he worked on a national level to ensure scientifically sound forensic practices and education for the defense bar in all forensic disciplines.  Prior to working in D.C., Mr. Tulley was an attorney in the Trial Division of New York City’s Capital Defender Officer, where as a Deputy Capital Defender he represented indigent persons facing death penalty charges.  Before moving to New York, Mr. Tulley was an associate for Bennett & Nathans, LLP, a small Maryland law firm that handled state and federal civil and criminal cases, including a substantial capital defense practice.  He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1992, and then the University of Maryland School Of Law in 1995.

Jennifer Williams, Staff Attorney, Appeals

Interested in one of our other PDSDC divisions – Parole, Juvenile Services, Prisoner Reentry Legal Services, Mental Health, Civil Legal Services (including special education and immigration)? Stay tuned for our virtual open house for law students (July 22) and lawyers (July 23).

Registration

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How do I access the virtual webinar?
A: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar.

Q: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?
A: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar.

Q: Who do I contact for more information?
A: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions.

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