Sentences with phrase «work as a public defender»

Having lived and worked as a public defender and a prosecutor in the far north of Canada, I can see similarities in remote small communities which experience tragedies of the nature described in this book.

Surely, you'd have gotten the night school law degree and gone to work as a public defender if this was a vocational or monetary consideration.

So far it looks like this has mostly been lawyers working as public defenders.

The John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program offers those who work as a public defender or a state prosecutor a chance to earn money back to pay off their student loans.

If you always wanted to work as public defender or start your own practice, those jobs might not provide the income to sustain your loan payment.

Prior to joining the firm, Brian was in private practice with a small Phoenix law firm and then received further trial experience working as a public defender.

But would the barely trained criminal defense lawyer have the competence of one who first works as a public defender or prosecutor?

I want to work as a public defender after law school, and I believe that having IPF on my resume will be an asset.

Before joining the State Department, Russell was a visiting scholar at the Lauterpacht Research Centre for International Law at the University of Cambridge and worked as a public defender and criminal defense attorney in Indianapolis.

An attorney and educator by training, he has worked as a public defender, data scientist, software engineer, and high school physics teacher.

Prior to joining the firm, Mira worked as a public defender in Philadelphia.

After working as a public defender in Manhattan, NY and commuting for two hours each day, Vaneskha Wilson decided to move to Orlando with her family and start her own virtual immigration practice.

Few work for the government or as public defenders: about 8 % are employed by the government, and less than 1 % work as public defenders.

For example, if the employer seeks a criminal attorney with 5 + years of experience, your cover letter might state that you worked as a public defender for two years before starting your own criminal defense firm.

Working as a public defender is a high - stress job which means that the person performing it has to be emotionally and mentally stable.

Not exact matches

Ephrat wrote for the Jerusalem Report, ABC News, and FindLaw, served in the Peace Corps in Senegal, taught English in Japan, was a public defender in Florida, and worked as an attorney at Google in Silicon Valley.

She was introduced by Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union President Stuart Appelbaum who said, as public advocate, James has been a defender of disadvantaged New Yorkers and the city's working class.

Griffin worked as a senior assistant prosecutor in the Rockland County District attorney's Office from 1981 to 1986, worked in private practice later on, and received a full - time job with the Rockland County Office of the Public Defender in 2010.

Personal Info Birthplace: Staten Island, NY High School: Brooklyn Tech High School (public - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prpublic - requires entrance exam) Higher Education: SUNY New Paltz, University of Buffalo Law School NY19 Connection: Attended SUNY New Paltz, 1970 - 1974; Returned to live in Kingston in 1981 and thereafter moved to Woodstock where he has resided through today Length of Residency in NY19: Kingston, NY and Woodstock, NY since 1983; greater than 34 years Prior Job History: Served as a Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Volunteer working with Native American tribes in Nebraska, Western Nebraska Legal Services attorney between 1977 - 1980; Ulster County Public Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until prPublic Defender's Office in the 1980s and early 1990s, Law Offices of Dave Clegg practicing predominantly personal injury law and elder abuse cases until present.

After working as an Assistant District Attorney for four different DAs over 33 years, she decided to change course, becoming a public defender.

These newbies are the cream of the crop, including BFFs Sandra Bell (Britt Robertson of «Girlboss») and Allison Adams (Jasmin Savoy Brown of «The Lefovers»), who work together as public defenders under the watchful eye of their boss, Jill Carlan (Hope Davis), who constantly reminds her team that public defenders in federal cases seldom see a win for their clients.

To counter the manpower advantage held by defenders of traditional public education such as the NEA and AFT, school reformers — especially Beltway - based players — need to be working the community centers, church pews, and the extensive local networks.

Law school students may also earn Stafford Loan forgiveness if they work for a non-profit agency or in a position of public interest such as public defender or prosecutor.

Rachel previously worked in Washington as a public defender and most recently clerked for a family law judge in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

General fixes • Significant improvements to the Squad Join interface • Removed FIND ME A SQUAD option • Allow players to join empty Squads alone, thus having 1/4 Squad members • Change order of options to LEAVE SQUAD, INV A FRIEND, SWITCH TEAM • Disable Privacy flag when 1 man Squad • Reset Privacy flag from Private to Public when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian BPublic when Squad drops to 1 player • All occupied Squads will now show up colored blue on the Squad selection screen • Players who choose not to join Squads will also show up as Blue in the «Not in a Squad» line • Squads that are currently empty will display as white — if you wish to join an empty Squad, you can choose the first one marked with white text • Added round duration and ticket summary at end of round screen • Fixed sound for when climbing ladders • Fixed and issue with some weapons» sounds in first person view • Fixed a swim sound loop error • You should no longer be able to damage a friendly vehicle when sitting in an open position • Grenades now drop to ground if you get killed while attempting to throw it • Spawn protection now should work in Conquest so you no longer should spawn too close to enemies • You should no longer spawn too close to enemies in TDM and SQDM • Fix for missing input restriction during intro movie, causing players to potentially fall and die while watching movie if moving controller (or having a controller with a bad stick zone) • Combat areas on Kharg Island in Rush mode tweaked in order to disallow defenders to access the carrier ship after first base is taken and being able to enter the AA gun • Fixed a problem with revived players not being able to get suppressed • Fixed a problem with the camera when being revived in co-op • Spotting VO now plays when spotting from MAV / EOD bot • Fixed several issues regarding the kill card, including showing wrong weapons used for the kill • Fixed that sometimes you would be stuck on a black screen when kicked from server • Fixed so when a team captures two flags at the same time, the UI does not show wrong owner of the flag • Fixed a problem where the capture progress bar was shown as friendly when the enemy was capturing • Fixed a problem with the bipod deploy sound • Fixed a problem that you could be spawned in with no weapons after being killed while using the EOD bot • Fixed problems with health bars not displaying health properly when using EOD bots • Fixed a problem with flickering name tags • Fixed a problem where you could damage friendly helicopters • Fixed a problem where you could get stuck in the co-op menu when attempting to join the session twice • You should now be able to spot explosives • You should no longer spawn in home base if your selected spawn point is disabled while waiting to spawn (e.g. if your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn) • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimal • Fixed a problem with changing camera on certain vehicles • Fixed a problem with the grenade indicator when in guided missile mode • Fixed a problem where the machine could hard lock when joining a public coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Bpublic coop game • Fixed a problem where the headset attached icon would not show up in the UI • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

Having worked many years as a reporter and investigator for the Federal Public Defender in Las Vegas, Goldman draws on her work experience to create pieces that put an interesting spin on society's fascination with crime.

To counter criticism of the business community from college campuses, business organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce should support scholars who will defend the free enterprise system, develop speakers and support speakers» bureaus that will counter the liberal rhetoric coming from college campuses, subject textbooks to ideological review, insist on equal time for speakers exposing the views of the business community for speakers on campuses, insist that college faculties be balanced by those who will defend the free enterprise system, request that graduate schools of business include courses that support the free enterprise system, encourage local chambers of commerce to provide the views of the business community in high schools, establish staff who work with the media to communicate to the general public the views of the business community, monitor and criticize television programs that unfairly criticize the free enterprise system and where appropriate file complaints with the Federal Communications Commission, monitor radio and other media and pressure them to cover the views of defenders of the free enterprise system, support scholars who support the free enterprise system to publish in scholarly journals, establish incentives for scholars to publish defenses of free enterprise in books, papers, and pamphlets, spend more money on advertising that expressly supports the free market system.

In law school she served as a Summer Honors Law Clerk for the California Attorney General's Office, working in the field of Energy and Corporate Compliance, in addition to externships with the Marin County Public Defender's Office and the San Francisco District Attorney's Office.

While I minored in Spanish at school, I really learned to speak Spanish waiting tables in college, working with farm workers, and serving as a Miami Public Defender.

As a law student, Ms. Seminario worked as an intern for the Provo Public Defender's Office and Liberty Law, PLLAs a law student, Ms. Seminario worked as an intern for the Provo Public Defender's Office and Liberty Law, PLLas an intern for the Provo Public Defender's Office and Liberty Law, PLLC.

Among other things, the blog chronicled her work as an assistant public defender in Winnebago County.

While in law school, she worked internships as a public defender and judicial law clerk.

Believe me, I worked as a clinical professor and I've taught a bunch of people that went on to be public defenders and I love public defenders, bless their hearts.

Our lawyers have worked in both the state and federal government in agencies such as United States Navy, U.S. Attorney's Office, U.S. Small Business Administration, State of Florida, U.S. District Court, M.D. of FL, Miami - Dade State Attorney's Office, Pasco County, Pinellas County and Manatee County Public Defenders Office, Pinellas County State Attorney's Office.

He also assisted criminal defendants as a provisionally admitted member of the Iowa State Bar representing defendants and working with the public defender's office under the direct supervision of a managing attorney.

Dylan worked as a Rule 9 Public Defender while in law school and argued numerous contested motions before the court.

After law school, he worked as a volunteer attorney for the Marin County Public Defender's Office where gained extensive courtroom experience helping indigent people facing jail - time as well as helping undocumented clients avoid immigration consequences in a county that cooperated with ICE.

Following graduation from Reed, Smucker worked as a trial assistant at the Metropolitan Public Defender's office.

Egbert, who leaves behind a wife, Shannon A. McAuliffe, a public defender in Boston, and three children, once told an interviewer, «I don't care how many guilty go free, as long as the system is working right.

He called attention to the fact that public attorneys who represent the liberty interests and rights of the Commonwealth's indigent do not make nearly as much as Executive Branch attorneys who do important work, but who do not face the same burdens and complications as public defenders, especially risking a client's freedom.

Prior to entering academia, Professor Tinto worked for over seven years as a public defender in Los Angeles County.

She graduated from the Pennsylvania State University and went on to work as an investigator at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia.

CREDENTIALS Bob Steiert began trying cases in 1978, while working as a student attorney with the Colorado Public Defender's Office in Boulder.

She began her legal career as a law clerk for two appellate judges (one state, one federal) and then worked for a small D.C. law firm with a national practice before moving to Spokane, Washington to work as a federal public defender.

Before going solo in 1998, Cosgrove worked as a Cook County public defender but hasn't done much in private practice because «it's hard to get a lot of return business — people lose their jobs, homes and means of support and end up with the public defender's office.»

As a law student, Caleb was recognized for his work as a volunteer with the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council on a case heard by the Georgia Supreme CourAs a law student, Caleb was recognized for his work as a volunteer with the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council on a case heard by the Georgia Supreme Couras a volunteer with the Georgia Public Defenders Standards Council on a case heard by the Georgia Supreme Court.

68 organizations from around the world working to exonerate unjustly convicted men and women, including independent nonprofits as well as organizations affiliated with law schools or other educational institutions, units of public defender offices, and pro bono sections of law firms.

Ms. Landau is highly qualified, and brings her experience as a public defender with the Salt Lake Legal Defenders Association, where she worked for several years representing indigent criminal defendants on appeal to the Utah Supreme Court and Utah Court of Appeals.

Some work for non-profit agencies or for the government as public defenders.

Allen's past and present pro-bono work includes serving as a volunteer appellate lawyer for the Mercer Law School's Habeas Corpus Project and the Georgia Public Defender's Standards Council, as a volunteer lawyer for the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children and Miami - Dade Legal Aid's «Put Something Back Program,» and as a bar exam tutor through the Dade County Bar Association's Bar Passage Program.