Kalamazoo Defender

10/08/2026

Kalamazoo Defender is searching for a new Executive Director. For more information and to apply, click on the link below.

Apply Now Visit the Kalamazoo Defender websiteView the Kalamazoo Defender Position Guide  OpportunitiesExecutive Director, Kalamazoo DefenderPosted 09/15/2026 · Kalamazoo, MI, United StatesKalamazoo Defender is seeking a visionary and mission-driven Executive Director to lead a nationally recogniz...

10/08/2026

WE ARE HIRING!!!

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, resourceful, organized, comfortable working directly with clients who may be facing significant barriers or experiencing crisis, and able to build strong relationships while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.

This is a highly client-facing role that provides direct advocacy, resource navigation, and case support as part of our multidisciplinary defense team. Client Navigators work closely with clients to identify needs and goals, navigate community resources and services, advocate through barriers, and help connect the social-service side of our work with the client’s broader defense.

Salary Range: $64,360–$69,464

For more info or to apply, click on link below.

Our Vision: A community that prioritizes love, compassion, and equity over judgment, shame, and division. Client Navigator Salary Range: $64,360 – $69,464 Kalamazoo Defender is an independent non-profit organization that provides legal representation to the adult indigent population charged with a...

08/17/2026

Did you know expungement laws can help clear eligible records?

Some convictions may qualify for record expungement after certain requirements are met.

Clearing eligible records can improve access to employment and housing.

Knowing your options is part of protecting your future.

08/08/2026

PLEASE SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!!!

Kalamazoo Defender has received funding to help pay associated costs, please register today at mi.gov/r2r.

07/20/2026

The critical law that EVERY driver needs to know TODAY!!!

PLEASE READ AND BE INFORMED!!!

The Move Over law in Michigan requires drivers to slow down to at least 10 miles per hour below the posted speed limit and move over a lane for stationary authorized vehicles with flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights activated. This includes police, fire, rescue, EMS, tow trucks, solid waste haulers, utility service vehicles, road maintenance vehicles and Michigan Department of Public Safety service vehicles.

If drivers are unable to safely move over, they still must slow down at least 10 miles per hour below the posted speed limit and proceed with caution.

Law enforcement agencies in Michigan and several other states are coordinating a day of "high visibility enforcement" of "Move Over" laws: https://bit.ly/4ppMFRO

Michigan State Police (MSP) troopers, officers from local state law enforcement agencies and troopers from state police departments in Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania are coordinating a multistate traffic initiative on Monday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to enforce "Move Over" laws.

The Move Over law in Michigan requires drivers to slow down to at least 10 miles per hour below the posted speed limit and move over a lane for stationary authorized vehicles with flashing, rotating, or oscillating lights activated. This includes police, fire, rescue, EMS, tow trucks, solid waste haulers, utility service vehicles, road maintenance vehicles and Michigan Department of Public Safety service vehicles.

If drivers are unable to safely move over, they still must slow down at least 10 miles per hour below the posted speed limit and proceed with caution.

07/15/2026

07/12/2026

Catch NAACP Kalamazoo Branch President, Ms. Wendy Fields today at Spring Valley Park, she has your Know Your Rights Cards. While you’re there, register to vote!!!

07/11/2026

Kalamazoo Defender is at the Black Arts Festival today, 11-7. It’s going to be a beautiful day, stop by and learn about your rights!

07/04/2026

Independence means protecting rights.

July is a time when we celebrate freedom and constitutional principles.

The right to counsel, fair trials, and due process are not abstract ideas. They are protections that shape real lives.

Strong public defense keeps those principles alive in everyday courtrooms.

Freedom includes fairness.

07/02/2026