ORLEANS PUBLIC DEFENDERS

OPD has been recognized by the Southern Center for Human Rights with the 2009 Frederick Douglass Human Rights Award, the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice for our advocacy of the rights of immigrants, and the Innocence Project of New Orleans with the 2014 Criminal Justice Hero Award. In 2015, the National Legal Aid and Defender Association name OPD as the Clara Shortridge Foltz Award winner, recognizing OPD as one of the premier public defender offices in the country... In the last decade-plus, OPD has established itself as a criminal justice reform leader - advocating for increased fairness, equity, and justice in our criminal justice system. We fight to end Louisiana's user-pay criminal justice system and protect the rights and well-being of our community.

Also known as: OPD

Primary location: New Orleans United States