Criminal Legal Services

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL DOES NOT SUPPORT, ENDORSE, OR PROVIDE OFFICIAL REFERRALS TO ANY OF THESE GROUPS OR WEBSITES. THEY ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.

National

INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
http://www.innocenceproject.org/about/Other-Projects.php
(Second link is for a state-by-state list of local innocence projects.)
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
info@innocenceproject.org
(212) 364-5340

NATIONAL LEGAL AID & DEFENDER ASSOCIATION
www.nlada.org
1140 Connecticut Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 452-0620

Massachusetts

Harvard Clinics/Student Practice Organizations

CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/cji
Austin Hall, Room 302
1515 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-8143
Students are assigned misdemeanor and felony cases at arraignments in local district and juvenile courts. Students also represent juvenile clients in administrative and school hearings.

HARVARD DEFENDERS
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/defenders
Gannett House
1511 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-4413
Provides legal assistance to low income people in criminal show-cause hearings and welfare fraud investigations.

PRISON LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT
www.law.harvard.edu/academics/clinical/plap
Gannett House
1511 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-3969
Represent inmates in Massachusetts state prisons, argue at disciplinary hearings on behalf of prisoners, argue before the Massachusetts Parole Board for prisoners facing parole revocation or rescission, provide legal research assistance in matters ranging from civil rights violations to confiscated property, testify at prison regulation notice-and-comment sessions, address inmate support groups.

Additional Massachusetts Legal Services

COMMITTEE FOR PUBLIC COUNSEL SERVICES – PUBLIC DEFENDER DIVISION
http://www.publiccounsel.net/PDoffices.htm
Boston Superior Court Office
44 Bromfield Street
Boston MA 02108
(617) 482-6212

NEW ENGLAND INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.newenglandinnocence.org/
New England Innocence Project Coordinator
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
coordinator@newenglandinnocence.org

Florida

INNOCENCE PROJECT OF FLORIDA, INC
http://www.floridainnocence.org/
1100 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, FL 32301
(850) 561-6767

Maryland/Virginia/Washington, DC

INSTITUTE FOR ACTUAL INNOCENCE
http://law.richmond.edu/innocence/index.html
University of Richmond School of Law
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173

MID-ATLANTIC INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.exonerate.org/
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20016-8184
innocenceproject@wcl.american.edu

Michigan

MICHIGAN INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.cooley.edu/clinics/innocence.htm
The Thomas Cooley Law School
300 S. Capitol Avenue
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48933
(577) 371-5140

New York/New Jersey

THE INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
Benjamin N. Cardozo Sch. of Law
55 Fifth Ave., 11th Fl.
New York, NY 10003
(212) 790-0354

SECOND LOOK PROGRAM
http://www.brooklaw.edu/academic/clinics/news_2ndlookclinic.php
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201

North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA CENTER ON ACTUAL INNOCENCE
http://www.law.duke.edu/innocencecenter/
Durham, NC 27708-0360
(919) 962-8505

Ohio

THE OHIO INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.law.uc.edu/clj/index.html
University of Cincinnati
College of Law
P.O. Box 210040
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0040
(513) 556-0752

Pennsylvania

DEFENDER ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA
http://www.phila.gov/defender/
1441 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 568-3190

DUQUESNE LAW INNOCENCE PROJECT
http://www.prisonet.com/info2.asp?id=59600
Forbes Avenue, 632 Fisher Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15282
(412) 396-4704

INNONCENCE INSTITUTE OF POINT PARK UNIVERSITY
http://www.pointpark.edu/default.aspx?id=902
Point Park College
Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL DOES NOT SUPPORT OR ENDORSE ANY OF THESE GROUPS OR WEBSITES. THEY ARE PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.