Join our team
Try cases that matter, sooner than anywhere else.
This office gives you your own docket, a division that specializes, and a courtroom within your first year. Hear it from the prosecutors doing the work.
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Why here
The reasons people stay.
11 mo
Median time to first chair
Large offices bench new attorneys for years. Here you are trying cases in under a year.
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Specialized units
Homicide, Domestic Violence, SAKI, Juvenile, Hate Crimes, Diversion, Civil Rights, N.O.D.I.C.E.
$5,200
Annual CLE & training budget
Per attorney, plus NDAA and trial advocacy programs funded outright.
PSLF
Loan forgiveness eligible
Public Service Loan Forgiveness qualifying employer, plus state LRAP for prosecutors.
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Open positions
6 roles open right now.
Every posting states its salary band. You should not have to interview to find out what a job pays.
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Assistant District Attorney — Trial Division
Carry your own docket from screening through verdict. First chair within your first year is the expectation, not the exception.
$68,000 – $96,000 Apply → -
Assistant District Attorney — Homicide Unit
Vertical prosecution alongside NOPD investigators from the scene forward. Requires three or more years of felony trial experience.
$92,000 – $128,000 Apply → -
Victim/Witness Advocate
Walk victims and their families through every stage of a case. Bilingual candidates (Spanish or Vietnamese) strongly encouraged.
$48,000 – $62,000 Apply → -
Investigator — SAKI Unit
Work leads generated by previously untested sexual assault kits. Prior law enforcement or forensic investigative experience required.
$59,000 – $78,000 Apply → -
Digital Forensics Analyst
Extraction, preservation, and courtroom presentation of digital evidence. You will testify.
$72,000 – $99,000 Apply → -
Law Clerk (2L / 3L)
Research, motion drafting, and second-chairing real trials. Student Practice Rule certification supported.
Paid — $22/hr Apply →
Hiring process
Four steps, thirty days, no mystery.
You will know where you stand at every stage. If we are not moving forward, we tell you — we do not go quiet.
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Application
Day 0
Résumé and a short writing sample. No cover letter required — we would rather read your brief.
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Screening call
Within 10 days
Thirty minutes with the hiring supervisor for the division. Real questions about the work.
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Panel interview
Weeks 2–3
Two ADAs and a division chief. You will be asked to talk through a fact pattern.
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Offer
Within 30 days
Written offer with the salary band stated up front. We do not negotiate against other candidates.
Ready to apply?
Send a résumé and a writing sample to careers@orleansda.com. Tell us which division interests you and why.
The Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office is an equal opportunity employer. Bilingual candidates and candidates with lived experience in the communities we serve are strongly encouraged to apply.