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Employment
Metropolitan Public Defender will hire the best qualified candidate for a
position. MPD is an equal opportunity employer, and we will make an effort to recruit candidates from diverse ethnic
and cultural backgrounds. Applicants are screened based on applicable
experience and education. We will hire only those who are U.S. Citizens or
lawfully authorized alien workers. Metropolitan Public Defender does not
tolerate any form of harassment or violence in the workplace.
Our hiring process involves a paper screen, an
initial interview, and a final interview with the Directors. We paper screen
all applications received for a specific position. Incomplete application
packages will not be considered for initial interviews. Initial interviews
will only be scheduled for applicants deemed most qualified for our firm.
Not all applicants will be granted a final interview with the Directors.
Only attorney applicants who have already taken the Oregon Bar Exam will be
eligible for job offers.
Applications will always be accepted. However,
we review applications for the following positions only as openings occur:
Management positions, Office Assistant, Legal Assistant 1, Legal Internship,
Legal Secretary, Data Integrity Specialist and Alternative Sentencing
Advocate. Open positions will be marked with an asterisk.
The "Hiring Pool" is used to fill the
following positions: Attorney, Investigator and Legal Assistant 2. Attorney
pool interviews are usually conducted in April and September. Investigator
pool interviews are usually conducted in June. Legal Assistant 2 pool
interviews are usually conducted in March and July.
Once you are placed in the hiring pool, you may
remain in the pool for up to one year. Inclusion in the hiring pool is not a
guarantee of employment. When an opening occurs, the Directors will review
the video-taped final interview and make the best match for the specific
position that is open. Turning down an offer of employment does not
necessarily mean you will be pulled out of the pool.
Please notify our Human Resources Department at 503-225-9100 if you require
special disability accommodations to participate in the employment process.
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