How to be a Prosecution/PD Gunner? Forum

[jess]

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[spleenworship]

Does anyone know of movement for post-grad jobs?

I ain't heard shit.

[gdane]

I just bombed a hypo during an interview

I think I got the wrong answer and my thought process was all over the place. I studied crim pro for the last few days to prepare but man the hypo really stumped me.

Kinda worried now because I dunno if I looked like a dum dum.

[spleenworship]

I bet you did better than you think you did. No worries.

And even if you did do bad, that's a good learning experience. Relax bro.

[BlueLotus]

[spleenworship]

They're all going to decide and get back to us on Thursday. Maybe one or two will do something by Monday, but they'll be the exception.

[BlueLotus]

They're all going to decide and get back to us on Thursday. Maybe one or two will do something by Monday, but they'll be the exception.

Yeah, looked page 40-something ITT and see that that was the pattern last year as well.

[RaleighStClair]

I just bombed a hypo during an interview

I think I got the wrong answer and my thought process was all over the place. I studied crim pro for the last few days to prepare but man the hypo really stumped me.

Kinda worried now because I dunno if I looked like a dum dum.

Are you a 3L?

Real question: Do prosecutor's offices ask 2Ls questions with crim hypos when interviewing for 2L Summer positions? I mean, I'm taking crim pro right now but there's no way I could field a nuanced investigatory question without researching it.

[gdane]

I'm a 3L and I haven't heard of any 2Ls being asked hypos. You'll be there short term and they're not paying you so they don't care if you know your crim pro.

[dextermorgan]

I just bombed a hypo during an interview

I think I got the wrong answer and my thought process was all over the place. I studied crim pro for the last few days to prepare but man the hypo really stumped me.

Kinda worried now because I dunno if I looked like a dum dum.

Are you a 3L?

Real question: Do prosecutor's offices ask 2Ls questions with crim hypos when interviewing for 2L Summer positions? I mean, I'm taking crim pro right now but there's no way I could field a nuanced investigatory question without researching it.

I'm a 2L and I was asked a hypo by a PD office. Only one, but they managed to throw it into a 20 minute interview.

[Anonymous User]

EJW - preselect at AK PD.

[spleenworship]

EJW - preselect at AK PD.

That's a 2L job right?

[Anonymous User]

EJW - preselect at AK PD.

That's a 2L job right?

Yeah correct. Sorry for worrying any 3Ls.

[spleenworship]

EJW - preselect at AK PD.

That's a 2L job right?

Yeah correct. Sorry for worrying any 3Ls.

It's ok. We're just being neurotic. Congratulations on your interview! Good luck!

[Anonymous User]

Also got a pre-select from Alaska PD, nice to know I'll have at least one interview.

Also dinged from PDS (Washington, DC) from my on campus interview with them for a 2L summer, via postal mail.

[spleenworship]

Also got a pre-select from Alaska PD, nice to know I'll have at least one interview.

Also dinged from PDS (Washington, DC) from my on campus interview with them for a 2L summer, via postal mail.

Congrats on the first. Don't worry about the second - its just budget cuts I bet.

[Anonymous User]

just received a great offer for next summer and im going to accept, however, part of me is curious as to which ejw interviews i would have gotten, is it bad for me to wait until i see then withdraw or should i withdraw now

[spleenworship]

just received a great offer for next summer and im going to accept, however, part of me is curious as to which ejw interviews i would have gotten, is it bad for me to wait until i see then withdraw or should i withdraw now

I think it would probably be nicer if you withdrew and gave other people a few more chances.

[robin600]

Also got a pre-select from Alaska PD, nice to know I'll have at least one interview.

Also dinged from PDS (Washington, DC) from my on campus interview with them for a 2L summer, via postal mail.

Congrats on the first. Don't worry about the second - its just budget cuts I bet.

Gotta luv them government furloughs they aren't hiring a class this year

[Anonymous User]

Also got a pre-select from Alaska PD, nice to know I'll have at least one interview.

Also dinged from PDS (Washington, DC) from my on campus interview with them for a 2L summer, via postal mail.

Congrats on the first. Don't worry about the second - its just budget cuts I bet.

Gotta luv them government furloughs they aren't hiring a class this year

i wonder since PDS isnt hiring for 2014 does that mean next year they will be hiring more for the fall class of 2015..i cant imagine an office of that size not hiring for 2 years in a row

[jess]

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[A. Nony Mouse]

I put my clinic work as a separate entry under "experience," like any other student job, with some bullet points of stuff I did. I figured since we had the title "student attorney" I'd list it as legal experience.

[spleenworship]

I put my clinic work as a separate entry under "experience," like any other student job, with some bullet points of stuff I did. I figured since we had the title "student attorney" I'd list it as legal experience.

This is what I do. Put it under experience. Like a jerb.


On another note, WTF EJW employers?! Seriously, I'm dying here.

[jml8756]

I just had my first prosecution interview, and it went horribly. The lady hated me so much that I never even got a hypo. I don't get why I was invited for an interview in the first place.

I'm doing a crim law clinic right now, and I just have a line on my résumé that says "Clinics: Criminal Law Clinic, Other Clinic" (I did another non-crim clinic last year). The interviewer never even noticed I was in a crim clinic until I brought it up. How do i make this clinic more noticeable? I always bring up my clinic work in the cover letter, but should I add a description to my resume too?

Why do you think she hated you? Were there any indications, or was it just a feeling you had? Sometimes with prosecution interviews the idea is to make you feel like it's going bad to see how you respond. A lot of people come out of them feeling like they did poorly, when actually they did fine.

And some offices don't give hypos.

[jess]

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