About Us
The Juror Project was created by William Snowden and it is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
The right to counsel is a constitutional guarantee. Yet government spending on public defenders has fallen, leading 43 states to require indigent clients pay part of their legal fees. In Louisiana, budget cuts have created a backlog in the court system as public defenders have started to refuse cases.
William C. Snowden, Founder
Will's legal career began as a public defender in New Orleans, LA, where he witnessed the discriminatory practices removing jurors from the jury panel and took his fight from the courtroom to the community and created The Juror Project. Will presents at high schools, colleges, churches and other community gatherings discussing the importance of jury service and the factors at play removing diversity from the jury putting the fairness of our criminal legal system in jeopardy.
Will completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota and earned his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law.