i always wanted to be a cheerleader, but couldn't imagine waking up so early for tryouts...they were at 6am i think. who knew i'd be working this early in the morning these days!!!!
so the murder trial was 20yrs old-- where was your client during that time? in society? or in jail? how much time did he end up needing to serve? what exactly is 2nd degree? not pre-planned but intentional, right?
Tried to find answers to these scrolling through ... where did you go to law school?
Did you work full time before going to law school or are you K-JD?
Have you been following the criticism of low- & mid- tier law schools as being a terrible investment, and saddling their graduates with tons of student loans and very weak prospects at landing an actual bar-passage-required permanent full-time job (as opposed to temporary work, non-lawyer work, or solo/small firm work)? Do you have an opinion on it?
Given the rising price of law schools these days, would you tell someone who was in your situation when you went to law school to do it or to do something else?
Do you want to be a defense attorney foreverand ever? Any interest in becoming a judge? Trial judge or appellate judge? (I think appellate judge is W's dream job)
Do you want to be a defense attorney foreverand ever? Any interest in becoming a judge? Trial judge or appellate judge? (I think appellate judge is W's dream job)
I can't imagine being a different kind of attorney. Plus, it's like starting over and I already have 7+ years experience.
I have a friend in ATL who did all his summers and externs in prosecutors' offices. He ended up getting a job with the PDs in an exurban county. But he really would rather be back on the other side.
I know there are a lot of lawyers who end up working both sides at one point or the other. I think it's worse in the other direction and on white-collar crime -- where you have prosecutors (or SEC regulators or whatever) who go straight from investigating/prosecuting/regulating the FIRE* sector to working for them! Rrrrr! Flipping sides on misdemeanor cases or even most violent felonies seems reasonable to me.
I can't imagine being a different kind of attorney. Plus, it's like starting over and I already have 7+ years experience.
I do think about being a Judge someday. I would love to be an appellate Judge. Especially, on the Supreme Court (Washington, US is not realistic ) I also think about teaching some classes at a law school (not full time) and or running a clinic.
Do you think my posts on here will disqualify me if I ever run for Judge??? I worry about that some times...
I can't imagine being a different kind of attorney. Plus, it's like starting over and I already have 7+ years experience.
I do think about being a Judge someday. I would love to be an appellate Judge. Especially, on the Supreme Court (Washington, US is not realistic ) I also think about teaching some classes at a law school (not full time) and or running a clinic.
Do you think my posts on here will disqualify me if I ever run for Judge??? I worry about that some times...
<David Caruso> As a candidate they would make you appear more ... *puts shades on* ... genuine.
YEAHHHHHHH </David Caruso>
Sorry, couldn't resist. Anyway i feel like they wouldn't be any more disqualifying than being a defense attorney in terms of running for office.