SADO is hiring! Apply now!
Multiple positions open; application due dates vary by position
SADO is the oldest and only state-wide public defender office in Michigan. Our team of attorneys, mitigation and reentry specialists, investigators, paralegals, IT, programmers, administrators, and core staff, work together to fulfill our mission of fighting injustice in the criminal and youth legal systems through access, advocacy, compassion, and education.
We are currently hiring for the below positions; dates refer to the deadline for applications for that position:
- Training Director (open until filled).
- Assistant Defender -- Direct Appeals Unit (open until filled).
- Finance Assistant (12/19/25).
Current Articles
- A word on youth and long term-of-years sentences
- Ask an appellate attorney: What happens when the court reporter cannot prepare a transcript for the trial?
- Project Reentry: Successful Reentry through community
- Project Reentry: Holiday gathering
- SADO Attorneys to argue before the Michigan Supreme Court
- Safe & Just Michigan
- Ask an appellate attorney: Meaning of “lack of merit” language in Court of Appeals’ orders
- Narcotic drugs: Penalties and special scoring provisions under Michigan law
- Project Reentry: When should I start preparing and what should I do?
- MAACS Roster Attorney to argue before the Michigan Supreme Court
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