MPD has been on the cutting edge of public defense since its inception in 1971, with the goal of providing quality legal representation for people living in poverty. Formed as a nonprofit law firm, it contracts with the State of Oregon for indigent defense services.
City/Cities
Hillsboro; Portland
Country/Countries
United States
Practice Areas
- Criminal
Practice Type
- Public Interest
Past Externs
| Sara Desmore | Portland | OR | 2020 Spring |
| Sophie Shaddy-Farnsworth | Portland | OR | 2020 Spring |
| Viet Tran | Portland | OR | 2020 Spring |
| Ashley Needham | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Lee Pierce | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Sophie Shaddy-Farnsworth | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Viet Tran | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Michael Vafa | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Brendan Hooks | Hillsboro | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Allison Kavanaugh | Hillsboro | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Rachel Shinville | Portland | OR | 2019 Fall |
| Brendan Hooks | Hillsboro | OR | 2019 Summer |
| Ashley Needham | Hillsboro | OR | 2019 Summer |
| Micah Ross | Portland | OR | 2019 Summer |
| Todd Smith | Portland | OR | 2019 Summer |
| Grace White | Portland | OR | 2019 Summer |
| Maxwell Evans | Portland | OR | 2019 Spring |
| Anjana Kumar | Portland | OR | 2019 Spring |
| Lindi Westwood | Portland | OR | 2019 Spring |
| Michael Burleson | Hillsboro | OR | 2018 Fall |
| Dylan Clark | Portland | OR | 2018 Fall |
| John MacMorris-Adix | Hillsboro | OR | 2018 Fall |
| Madeleine Holmes | Hillsboro | OR | 2018 Fall |
| Michael Burleson | Hillsboro | OR | 2018 Summer |
| Dylan Clark | Hillsboro | OR | 2018 Summer |
| Destini Martinez | Portland | OR | 2018 Summer |
| Kendall Campbell | Portland | OR | 2018 Spring |
| Dustin Ellett | Portland | OR | 2018 Spring |
| Demi Jacques | Portland | OR | 2018 Spring |
| Kaitlin Kelly | Portland | OR | 2018 Spring |
| Theo Erde-Wollheim | Hillsboro | OR | 2017 Fall |
| Britanie Crippen Martinez | Hillsboro | OR | 2017 Fall |
| Jonny Gersten | Portland | OR | 2017 Summer |
| Britanie Crippen | Hillsboro | OR | 2017 Summer |
| Matthew Steven | Hillsboro | OR | 2017 Summer |
| Emily Bolotin | Portland | OR | 2017 Spring |
| Ashlyn Ruga | Portland | OR | 2017 Spring |
| Camille Walker | Portland | OR | 2017 Spring |
| April Yates | Hillsboro | OR | 2017 Spring |
| Emily Bolotin | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Joshua Gums | Hillsboro | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Ashlyn Ruga | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Camille Walker | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| April Yates | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Emily Bolotin | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Alescia Dichmann | Hillsboro | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Joshua Gums | Hillsboro | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Ashlyn Ruga | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Camille Walker | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| April Yates | Portland | OR | 2016 Fall |
| Christina Helregel | Hillsboro | OR | 2016 Summer |
| Alisa Larson-Xu | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring |
| Jack Kinsey | Portland | OR | 2016 Spring |
| Dustin Hawkins | Portland | OR | 2015 Fall |
| Aubrey Hoffman | Portland | OR | 2015 Fall |
| Cambell Boucher | Hillsboro | OR | 2015 Fall |
| Gurjeet Brar | Portland | OR | 2015 Fall |
| Alex Faymonville | Hillsboro | OR | 2015 Fall |
| Alexander Faymonville | Hillsboro | OR | 2015 Summer |
| Jack Kinsey | Portland | OR | 2015 Summer |
| Kit Taylor | Portland | OR | 2015 Summer |
| Alec Unis | Portland | OR | 2015 Spring |
| Carla Edmondson | Hillsboro | OR | 2015 Spring |
| Leland Baxter-Neal | Hillsboro | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Carla Edmondson | Hillsboro | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Sarah Garrett | Portland | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Alisa Larson-Xu | Portland | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Cameron Taylor | Hillsboro | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Crystal Maloney | Portland | OR | 2014 Fall |
| Crystal Maloney | Portland | OR | 2014 Summer |
| Leland Baxter-Neal | Hillsboro | OR | 2014 Summer |
| Jason Mohabir | Portland | OR | 2014 Spring |
| Stacy Du Clos | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Fall |
| Anna Melichar | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Fall |
| Brett Allin | Portland | OR | 2013 Fall |
| Alex Flood | Portland | OR | 2013 Fall |
| Stacy Du Clos | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Summer |
| Mark Kimbrell | Hillsboro | OR | 2013 Summer |
| Alex Flood | Portland | OR | 2013 Summer |
| Taya Brown | Portland | OR | 2013 Spring |
| Joseph Westover | Portland | OR | 2013 Spring |
| Drake Aehegma | Hillsboro | OR | 2012 Fall |
| Amanda Alvarez | Hillsboro | OR | 2012 Fall |
| Mark Maher | Portland | OR | 2012 Fall |
| Drake Aehgma | Portland | OR | 2012 Summer |
| Amanda Alvarez | Portland | OR | 2012 Summer |
| Alex Sprinks | Hillsboro | OR | 2012 Summer |
| Kelsyn Bevins | Hillsboro | OR | 2011 Summer |
| Sean Pank | Hillsboro | OR | 2011 Summer |
| Chenyu Wang | Portland | OR | 2010 Summer |
| Bryan Allen | Portland | OR | 2006 Fall |