AI adoption at the Federal Defender Program
During my 2025 internship in Chicago, I evaluated general-purpose and legal-specific AI tools for a federal defense office. I produced a 41-page implementation roadmap and delivered a 60-minute live demonstration of workflows for attorney review.
The assessment considered records organization, chronology building, and mitigation research, with attention to confidentiality and the time an attorney would need to check an output. The completed work was the assessment, roadmap, and demonstration.
Research and records
Alongside the technology work, I synthesized more than 1,500 pages of medical records, testimony, and social-science research into attorney-facing material. I organized factual summaries, chronologies, and issues under attorney supervision.
I also contacted more than 140 regional providers during an emergency housing and reentry search, maintaining a record of availability and denials for release planning.
Client and case details are omitted.