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OPR-A also provides assistance to trial attorneys pursuing interlocutory appeals and coordinates Office of Administrative Law appeals on substantiated cases.</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/appellate/opr/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Office of Parental Representation Appellate</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/7 Division of Mental Health Advocacy.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Division of Mental Health Advocacy</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>Attorneys in the Division provide representation for all children and for adults from 18 counties at initial civil commitment and review hearings at 41 state, federal, county, general and private psychiatric hospitals throughout New Jersey, as well as for individuals who have been civilly committed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act.</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/mha/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Division of Mental Health Advocacy</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/8 Recovery Court Unit.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Recovery Court Unit</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>The Recovery Court Unit provides representation to indigent individuals with substance abuse disorders who have been diverted from the normal criminal process into the Recovery Court program (formerly Drug Court).</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/rcu/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Recovery Court Unit</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/9 Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) Unit.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Intensive Supervision Program (ISP) Unit</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>The Intensive Supervision Program Unit provides representation to indigent individuals in State Prison who apply for early release through admission to the Intensive Supervision Program, and the representation continues throughout the client’s participation in the program.</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/isp/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Intensive Supervision Program Unit</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/10 Conviction Integrity Unit.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Conviction Integrity Unit</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>The Conviction Integrity Unit provides representation to indigent individuals pursuing Post Conviction Relief at the trial court level.</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/ciu/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Intensive Conviction Integrity Unit</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/11 Special Litigation Unit.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Special Litigation Unit</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>The Special Litigation Unit (SLU) represents indigent individuals on Megan’s Law status as a result of having been convicted of a sexual offense. The SLU also pursues significant civil rights issues on behalf of the agency and its clients.</p> <p><a href="/defender/services/slu/index.shtml">LEARN MORE <span class="sr-only">about the Special Litigation Unit</span> ></a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class=" row-of-3 col-md-4 col-sm-6 col-12 d-flex pb-3"> <div class="card border-0 d-block h-100 w-100"> <img class="card-img-top " src="/defender/images/homepage/12. PRDU pic sized.jpg" alt=""/> <h3 class="my-3 green">Parole Revocation and Resentencing Unit</h3> <div class="card-body text-left text-dark px-0 pt-0"> <p>Commencing on October 2, 2023, as a result of legislation signed by the Governor on September 12, 2023, the Parole Revocation and Resentencing Unit (PRRU) commenced providing state-wide legal representation to adult parolees charged with violating parole for the first time since 1991. 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