Maryland Office of the Public Defender

The Maryland Defenders Union formed in 2020 seeking improvements in workload, pay and retention and represents more than 600 employees across the state.

Syed's defense attorney discusses his release Monday after 23 years in prison, and the work of the Innocence Project, a collaboration between UBalt School of Law and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.

Maryland’s public defenders have announced their intent to unionize. The lawyers and their support staff said unionizing will help ease the challenges of…