  Two recently discovered excited charm baryons are studied within the
framework of Heavy Hadron Chiral Perturbation Theory. We interpret these new
baryons which lie $308 \MeV$ and $340 \MeV$ above the $\Lambda_c$ as $I=0$
members of a P-wave spin doublet. Differential and total decay rates for their
double pion transitions down to the $\Lambda_c$ ground state are calculated.
Estimates for their radiative decay rates are also discussed. We find that the
experimentally determined characteristics of the $\Lambda_c^*$ baryons may be
simply understood in the effective theory.
