The Bronx Defenders is a
public defender office located in the
South Bronx neighborhood of
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
. At the Bronx Defenders, criminal defense lawyers work together with
civil lawyer
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s, family defense lawyers, immigration lawyers, non-attorney advocates,
social workers, and investigators to help their clients address the full range of legal and social issues that can result from criminal charges. The Bronx Defenders are a
contracted public defender for New York City, along with the
Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid provider based in New York City. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest provider of legal aid in the United States. Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil mat ...
, ''New York County Defender Services'' in Manhattan, ''Brooklyn Defender Services'' in Brooklyn, ''Queens Law Associates'' in Queens, and the ''Neighborhood Defender Service'' in northern Manhattan.
History
Founded in 1997 by a team of eight advocates, including its former executive director
Robin Steinberg
Robin Steinberg is an American lawyer and social justice advocate who is currently the chief executive officer of the Bail Project, an organization modeled after The Bronx Freedom Fund, which she founded with her husband David Feige in 2007. Steinb ...
,
David Feige and criminal defense attorney
Daniel Arshack, the Bronx Defenders is responsible for developing holistic defense, an interdisciplinary model of criminal defense lawyering. The Bronx Defenders is also host to
The Bronx Freedom Fund
The Bronx Freedom Fund is a nonprofit bail fund located in the South Bronx. The first charitable bail organization in New York State, it provides bail assistance to indigent defendants facing pretrial detention for low-level and misdemeanor charg ...
, the first charitable bail organization in New York State. In recent years, the Bronx Defenders has received national attention and praise for its work providing holistic defense to indigent residents of the Bronx, including the
National Legal Aid & Defender Association’s Clara Shortridge Foltz Award.
As of early 2016, the office had 250 employees working in it.
See also
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The Legal Aid Society
The Legal Aid Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit legal aid provider based in New York City. Founded in 1876, it is the oldest and largest provider of legal aid in the United States. Its attorneys provide representation on criminal and civil m ...
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The Bronx Freedom Fund
The Bronx Freedom Fund is a nonprofit bail fund located in the South Bronx. The first charitable bail organization in New York State, it provides bail assistance to indigent defendants facing pretrial detention for low-level and misdemeanor charg ...
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New York City Criminal Court
The Criminal Court of the City of New York is a court of the State Unified Court System in New York City that handles misdemeanors (generally, crimes punishable by fine or imprisonment of up to one year) and lesser offenses, and also conducts a ...
References
External links
Official Website
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Criminal justice reform in the United States
Criminal defense organizations
Non-profit organizations based in the Bronx
Legal advocacy organizations in the United States
Public defense institutions
Legal aid in the United States
The Bronx Defenders