Louisiana Appellate Project

We accept appointments from the Louisiana district courts to handle the non-capital felony appeals for indigents in those districts requested by the district public defender offices (currently all of the 42 districts). We started accepting cases 4/1/96. These are handled by contract attorneys, including the director. For the fiscal year ended 6/30/23, we were appointed to 348 clients.

We sponsor continuing legal education seminars dealing with handling Appellate work. These seminars meet the requirements of cle for the Louisiana state bar and certification requirements for Appellate counsel under the Louisiana public defender board. This furthers our main purpose by training our attorneys, educating the district defenders in record preservation so we can efficiently appeal the convictions and create a pool of attorneys for our future needs.