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Working at the Shiawassee Prosecutors Office has its advantages. One advantage is that it’s a small county where the prosecutors, defense attorneys, Judges, and staff can easily remember the names of previous defendants, as well as, each other. It has given me the opportunity to meet and work with different parts of the criminal justice system, such as, the State Police, probation, and drug court administrators.

I specifically chose this internship experience because previously, I held internships at Flood Law, a defense law firm, and the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office and I figured this internship is a progression. I was definitely interested in exploring the different areas in law to figure out what it is that I wanted and did not want to do and this internship, by far has helped me do that. This internship experience has shaped my career ambitions, as I will further go into detail during the duration of this paper, by allowing me to be exposed to the different areas of law, which then made me decide on what I found to be interested in and areas I did not so much

The purpose of the proposed study is to explore how interns are influenced by the internship in regards to their career choice. The data will be collected from the three different field sites; Higbee and Associates, Legal Aid Society of Orange County and Public Defenders Office of Santa Ana with assessing total of 50-60 interns who will be participating in these three different field sites. Using the previous studies as a guideline I will use the combination of interviews and questionnaires to assess the attitudes of the interns regarding the before and after the internship. After assessing the interns the proposed study will conduct a follow-up study with the interns after six years to see the impact of the internship on the career

My internship is at the Richland County Public Defender’s Office and I work directly with two juvenile defense attorneys. My office is at the Richland County Judicial Center. This position is very new and I am the second person to have this internship at USC, so defining my position is very complex. I do not have an on-site social work supervisor to turn to when I have questions, so, I have to figure out a lot of things on my own. Being that I work directly with the attorneys, a lot of things I see on the daily are on the legal side and not the social worker side per se. However, the attorneys involve me in the entire process when working with each client to provide a social work perspective to better help the clients and increase the quality of their services.

My externship at the AG Office exposed me to the interworking’s of a government agency. As an employee of the state every detail is particularly scrutinized and it is of the utmost importance that quality work be exhibited. At the AG Office I continued to impress my supervisors with my diligence, impressive legal research, writing skills, and through drafting legal memorandums and motions in limine. Moreover, I quickly adapted and learned about specific duties entailed upon me as a legal extern, and executed those duties, which included assisting attorneys with discovery proceedings, jury instructions, and any matters arising from preparation of jury trials.

I have known Mr. Jerry Watson since 2000. At that time, he was reacquainting himself with civilian life after retiring from the twenty-plus years of service to our country as an Army Pilot. Mr. Watson has been employed by the Alaska Department of Corrections for over fifteen years and has become the invaluable professional spokesman of the justice system during this time. Moreover, Mr. Watson has maintained a substantial achievement performance. This is apparent, he has successfully occupied every available position within his facility. From Floor Officer to Assistant Superintendent, has progression was not stopped by his ability, but, because he could not fill an occupied position. From his professional presentations given at tours of the facility to his on the record testimonials given as an expert witness, he is skilled in engaging all audiences. I’m as confident in his abilities. Moreover, the State of Alaska, Department of Corrections has placed in a position that requires knowledge, skills, ability, and patients. All of which could benefit you.

December 2 2017 Bryant Langheim Final Paper Do you ever wonder who the person who helps attorneys or who you speak to get a attorney. The answer is a paralegal and that is the career I’m interested into going to school for. I have a lot of strengths, weakness, and I will tell about becoming a paralegal. Although that’s not all I will also explain steps and the process I have a job in criminal justice.

This past week, I started shadowing Bill Davis, one of fourteen judges from the eighteenth district court, which encompasses Guilford County. Judge Davis is a former public defender and newly elected district court judge. I first worked with him last year in the public defender’s office and asked a couple of months ago if I could incorporate working for him as part of my legal internship. Fortunately, he agreed. Up until last week, I had not seen Judge Davis in court. The reason for this is that I worked exclusively in the criminal courts, while Judge Davis, until recently, worked exclusively in the civil courts. His preclusion from criminal matters resulted from his previous work as a public defender. This restriction ended last week, and

During both my internship and my pre-internship classroom experience, I have had students with suspected Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). One was in the process of being diagnosed with Alcohol Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder, the other was suspected to have partial Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Though both students were quite different, they did share some commonalities. Both had trouble with following directions and trouble with memory. I also had trouble reaching both in the classroom as they needed more individual instruction than I could give them. There were often times I felt like I was making no difference at all, which was devastating as a teacher. These students though the most challenging have made the most lasting impact

During my senior year of college, I have had the pleasure of interning in the Chatham county district attorney’s office, specifically the office of victim witness assistance. I decided to intern here because I wanted to get a better understanding of the judicial system. I first wanted to intern in the district attorney’s office but after learning that the district attorney’s office only wanted to employ third year law students, my application was then given to Mrs. Haire in the victim-witness assistance office. I began my internship on January 9, 2017, I have worked here Monday through Thursday for sixteen hours a week.

Building on this interest, I took part in the National Bar Mock Trial competition which gave me a valuable insight into the important roles of assessing a criminal case in court. This led me to undertake work experience in a solicitor's firm, where I shadowed a criminal lawyer. I observed client consultations, and had an attempt to draft legal documents and

During my time interning at the Public Defender’s Office, I have observed that time is one of the biggest issues. It has been shown that is quicker for an indigent individual to plead guilty than it is for them to receive adequate legal representation. After obtaining an attorney, it is a lengthy process when going through the different hearings and trials. Often taking several months for cases to be fully resolved.

As we saw in the video clip, defendants aren’t always upfront with the fact involved in their cases. Sometimes it can be likened to pulling teeth or herding cats, not a job for the faint of heart. When you combine the lack of information, long hours, low pay and an overwhelming caseload, you get a career that is equal parts rewarding and frustrating. I feel that defendants tend to have a lack of faith and trust in their attorneys, especially those that are appointed. According to our textbook, those facing serious charges and long jail terms tend to have less confidence in their attorneys, particularly court-appointed attorneys. It’s a common rhetoric that the public defender’s office is both understaffed and overworked. But, as our textbook goes on to state, those defense attorneys that take little time they have to develop relationships with their clients tend to garner their client’s trust (Siegel, Schmalleger & Worrall, 2015). Perhaps, the accused is feeling overwhelmed by the process, or they are feeling as if they are not being heard and by spending a little time with them the attorneys allow the defendant to feel, at least for a little while, as if they have some control over their

During my year-long internship with BayArea JusticeCorps I had the opportunity to interact with members of the community and aid self-represented litigants with solving legal issues. During this internship, I attained intimate knowledge of California civil, small claims, and family law. I aided litigants with completing legal forms and answering questions about legal processes.

And I couldn’t drive myself anywhere besides Sioux Falls. So this knocked out the writing Job Shadow. And it knocked out me seeing a court session. So they had no choice but to have me do this. This was obviously a disappointment for me. I didn’t get to do much that had to do with being a Lawyer. I know that they didn’t have much things for me to do after I figured out what all happened. Trust me, I was not interested in a 50 page book or boxing boxes. I left very disappointed with my job shadow, I kept on looking at the clock to see when I could come home. I really would of rather been at school, sad as this is. But there is positives to this job shadow. It all came from me talking with Robin Eich and looking through the pamphlets. I learned that being a lawyer is very stressful because you have all of these clients and you have a lot of work to do. Robin gets to choose her own hours, which is a plus side. I loved looking through the pamphlets because it gave me an insider on some of the stuff that the lawyer or the clint has to go through whenever they meet up. I know how hard their job is and what I would be putting myself into if I would choose to be a lawyer. It would’ve been cool to see a court session. Robin Eich is a really smart person and she is good at her job. She knows what she is doing and you can tell. She had a business named after herself! She is a good lawyer and I can see that even if I didn’t get to see it in action. I learned that the business is well known because they go to court like every other day, it’s not just a random office where it’s not serious, it is serious! Overall, this was a disappointing job shadow. But I did learn stuff that I didn’t know before. I would job shadow again, I want to job shadow again, but have more things to do and things to