California appellate projects

Map of the districts of the California Courts of Appeal.

First District	Second District	Third District
Fourth District	Fifth District	Sixth District

The California appellate projects are non-profit law offices under a contract with the Judicial Council of California or the California Court of Appeal to provide legal services to indigent parties on appeal from criminal, delinquency, dependency and mental health judgments in their respective district. There are six appellate projects: one each for each of the districts of the Court, with the exception of the Third and Fifth districts which share a single project, and one for assisting in the representation of capital inmates.

The appellate projects are as follows:

• The First District Appellate Project, covering the First District.
• The California Appellate Project, covering the Second District.
• The Central California Appellate Program, covering the Third and Fifth Districts.
• The Appellate Defenders Inc., covering the Fourth District.
• The Sixth District Appellate Program, covering the Sixth District.
• The California Appellate Project in San Francisco, which provides assistance to private counsel appointed by the California Supreme Court to represent indigent defendants in capital criminal cases.