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Public Defender as a Career

This is a career guide about what public defenders do in their work representing indigent defendants. It includes the NCCU Law Library's wide array of both digital and print resources to help you learn about this important legal field.

The Basics

Establishing the Background

The articles on this page are all from the HeinOnline collection of databases, a large, diverse, and comprehensive resource.  You can navigate its homepage by searching for articles and other information by category or by the name of a selected database.

The categories of articles presented here (Criminal Law and Procedure, Constitutional Law, and Legal Practice and Procedure) are just some of the ways to think about the legal issues involved in the right to counsel and the role of a Public Defender in the American legal system.  By reading the articles these categories you can begin establishing a background on this vital aspect of the legal profession.

Visit the following databases to continue researching law review and journal articles on the right to counsel.