Dylan P. Kletter is a young lawyer at the international firm of Brown Rudnick. Most of his time is spent representing private equity investment funds. But from time to time Kletter thinks it’s important for lawyers like himself to see “how the other half lives” and, at the same time, gain valuable court experience.

That’s why Kletter applied to the state’s assigned counsel program to serve as a defense attorney in appellate cases in which the state Public Defender’s Office has a conflict of interest.