Public Defender: Staff

Public Defender: Staff. The Public Defender may employ staff, including one or more assistant public defenders, as required to assist in performing the duties of the Public Defender, subject to budgetary appropriation. No person may be appointed as assistant public defender unless the person has been graduated from an accredited law school and is eligible to be admitted to practice before the Commonwealth Supreme Court. Source: PL 1-8, tit. 1, ch. 4, § 5, modified.