Careers & Internships

Current Job Openings

Handling more than 70,000 cases each year requires a diverse, multidisciplinary team that brings together attorneys, investigators, mitigation specialists, secretaries and paralegals. Our office recruits nationally and locally with one goal in mind: providing high-quality representation to our clients.

Learn more about our current job openings and opportunities.

Attorneys

Nationally recognized, the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office enables its attorneys to fulfill their potential.

Support Staff

Join a team of skilled professionals and contribute to the high-quality representation provided to our clients.

Internships & Pro Bono

The application deadline for Summer internships (CLIs and non-CLIs) is March 1; for Fall, it is July 1; for Spring, it is November 1. No applications will be accepted late.

A History of Excellence

From a staff of just 16 attorneys in 1971, the Miami-Dade Public Defender’s Office has expanded into the largest constitutional defense law firm in the state of Florida, with many of its alumni joining the judiciary.

In the Judiciary

Nushin Sayfie (Chief Judge)
Yvonne Colodny
Ivonne Cuesta
Robin Faber
Rosa C. Figarola
Diana Gonzalez-Whyte
Ayana Harris
Kevin Hellmann
Luise Krieger-Martin
Steve Leifman
Yery Marrero
Oscar Rodriguez-Fonts
Mavel Ruiz
Migna Sanchez-Llorens
Fred Seraphin
Lourdes Simon
William Thomas
Lisa Walsh

Awards & Honors

The National Legal Aid and Defender Association and the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants, the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award (2008) — for "the most outstanding public defender program in the country."

The Florida Bar, Public Interest Law Section's Legal Needs of Children Committee, the Hugh S. Glickstein Award for Child Advocacy (2008) — to "the Juvenile Division of the Miami-Dade County Public Defender's for its work on behalf of Florida's children."