Public defender - Salary, Career

How much does an Public defender earn

A Public defender earns between $1.909 and $11.408 per month, with an average monthly salary of $4.568 and a median salary of $3.600 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 81 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).

Salary ranges for the Public defender
	Monthly Salary	Annual Salary	Salary Per Week	Hourly Salary
Average wage	4.568	54.820	1.142	22
1º Quartile	1.909	22.903	477	9
Median Salary	3.600	43.200	900	17
3º Quartile	8.701	104.406	2.175	41
Higher Salary	11.408	136.901	2.852	54

Professional job categories

Science and arts professionals
- professionals in the legal sciences
- - lawyers for the judiciary and public security
- - - public defenders and legal aid attorneys

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Main workplaces

Public Defenders and Legal Aid Attorneys they work in the Public Defender's Office, which constitutes the third tripod of essential services to the jurisdictional function of the State. It results from an expansion of the concept of free legal assistance, which is now considered one of the fundamental rights of the citizen. Defenders and Public Prosecutors work together, although in diametrically opposed tasks. The Public Defender is not a private lawyer, nor is he a public lawyer, insofar as he does not defend the interests of the Union or of the States, but of the people. They work individually, without supervision and during the day. Eventually, they work under pressure, leading to constant stress.

What does it take to work in the field of Public Defenders and Legal Aid Attorneys

The exercise of these occupations requires a bachelor's degree in Law and approval in a public contest. In some state prosecutors, there is an agreement with the OAB for private lawyers to receive from the state to exercise the function of public defender.

Functions and activities of Public defender

Public Defenders and Legal Aid Attorneys must:

demonstrate personal skills;

exercise ordinary duties;

perform extrajudicial attributions;

propose actions in defense of special rights;

exercising special curatorship;

exercise special curatorship;

manage the defense department;

perform ordinary duties;

defending the economically needy in the criminal area;

defend the economically needy in civil and labor areas;

exercise ordinary functions;

perform special functions;

perform special roles;

defending the economically needy in civil and labor areas;

defend the economically needy in the criminal area;

perform extrajudicial assignments;

manage the public defender's office;

exercise ordinary functions;

Activities

propose actions in defense of homogeneous diffuse, collective and individual rights;

act with authority;

express yourself with verbal clarity;

embrace the cause you defend;

defending interdicted interests;

follow the accused in a police investigation;

participate in government projects for needy populations;

veto the practice of illegal acts;

defend consumer rights;

demonstrate reasonableness;

participate in judgments in all instances;

appeal against the contrary decisions in the proposed actions;

demonstrate initiative;

legidly guide the needy;

prepare judicial calculations;

pleasing a declaration of unconstitutionality of law;

defend in public or private criminal action;

demonstrate logical reasoning ability;

acting as a defender in the jury;

defend the rights of people with special needs;

demonstrate social sensitivity;

exercise the public defender's office on an itinerant basis;

defending in civil action;

sponsoring dna tests;

analyze news of civil wrongdoing;

analyze notice of civil wrongdoing;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

defend legally incapable persons in conflict of interests with their representatives;

propose an injunction;

defending defendant in criminal proceedings;

require expertise and examinations;

show specific technical knowledge;

defend the rights and interests of a defaulting defendant cited by public notice;

request documents and diligences to public authorities;

coordinate administrative work;

collect statements from the parties;

dress with discretion;

propose an action for habeas data;

acting as a defender before special civil courts;

assist former prisoners;

provide public service;

integrate departmental councils;

demonstrate active listening skills;

participate in trials in all instances;

defending, in civil proceedings, the interests of an arrested defendant;

organize work;

defend people involved in urban subdivision conflicts;

defend the rights of the elderly;

defend before military justice;

request for expertise and examinations;

show cooperation capacity;

demonstrate ability to perform under pressure;

defending legally incapable persons in conflict of interests with their representatives;

represent the author in the filing of private criminal action;

propose actions in defense of the indigenous population and minorities;

acting as an assistant to the prosecution in criminal proceedings;

defend accused of electoral crime;

defend defendant in criminal proceedings;

defending the rights and interests of a defaulting defendant cited by public notice;

collect testimonies from the parties;

edit internal normative act;

obtain evidence of damage to diffuse and collective rights;

propose actions related to the electoral process;

follow proposed actions;

promote conciliation of the parties;

defending the defendant of political crime;

impetrar habeas corpus;

seek proof of the facts;

defending non-accountable for mental illness;

defend in administrative proceedings;

defending before military justice;

demonstrate persuasiveness;

defend children and adolescents;

represent the plaintiff in the filing of civil action;

defend women victims of gender violence;

defend interdicting interests;

deal with professional frustrations;

defend, in civil proceedings, the interests of an arrested defendant;

exhibit serenity;

official before special criminal courts;

request notary and registry services free of charge;

demonstrate mental agility;

propose criminal review action;

manage time;

pay attention to detail;

execute agreement;

propose compensation claims as a result of crime;

defend the rights and interests of a defendant named at the right time;

propose termination actions;

exercise correction on services;

demonstrate conciseness;

demonstrate individual and social responsibility;

articulate relations with public and private agencies;

defending the rights of convicts;

requiring legal benefits in favor of prisoners;

support orally the procedural position;

ask the court to standardize jurisprudence;

request documents from private entities;

advise an accountant on criteria for judicial calculations;

demonstrate written expression skills;

propose revision of administrative acts and contracts;

implant a writ of mandamus;

defend involved in land conflicts;

require the opening of a police investigation;

supervise judicial services for interns;

defend maintenance of the marriage bond in marriage annulment actions;

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Public defender - Career description, activities, functions and salary