The Appellate Section of the Office provides post-conviction legal services to all adults and juveniles. A direct appeal from the conviction or adjudication is a right in New Jersey. Most referrals to the Appellate section come from trial regions, however direct applications are also received for services at the appellate level from indigents no represented by the OPD at the trial level.

The Appellate Section files Notices of Appeal within a court-mandated time period, orders transcripts and assigns an attorney who then reviews the transcript, interviews defendants, files trial motions and does the research necessary to identify the problems raised in the transcript.