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What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
Hi all. I'm just curious as to what the exit options are after working for as a PD for awhile.
The consensus seems to be: you're not really suited to do civil work afterwards and there aren't many other options for criminal defense other than DUI-type criminal defense or perhaps a few criminal defense boutiques (do these even exist?). Is this consensus true or blatantly false? Or, is there something that this consensus is leaving out? It seems to be false if one were with Legal Aid since they also have a civil division - allowing you to gain both civil and criminal experience because you might not be a PD for your entire time there. But, what if one works exclusively as a PD for, say, 5-10 years?
The consensus seems to be: you're not really suited to do civil work afterwards and there aren't many other options for criminal defense other than DUI-type criminal defense or perhaps a few criminal defense boutiques (do these even exist?). Is this consensus true or blatantly false? Or, is there something that this consensus is leaving out? It seems to be false if one were with Legal Aid since they also have a civil division - allowing you to gain both civil and criminal experience because you might not be a PD for your entire time there. But, what if one works exclusively as a PD for, say, 5-10 years?
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
Criminal defense boutiques exist. You can go solo. You can try for Federal Defender. You can try to parlay your trial experience into a firm that does civil stuff.adt231 wrote:Hi all. I'm just curious as to what the exit options are after working for as a PD for awhile.
The consensus seems to be: you're not really suited to do civil work afterwards and there aren't many other options for criminal defense other than DUI-type criminal defense or perhaps a few criminal defense boutiques (do these even exist?). Is this consensus true or blatantly false? Or, is there something that this consensus is leaving out? It seems to be false if one were with Legal Aid since they also have a civil division - allowing you to gain both civil and criminal experience because you might not be a PD for your entire time there. But, what if one works exclusively as a PD for, say, 5-10 years?
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
Know a lot of former PDs work in civil rights litigation.
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
Interesting. Do you know what kind of civil rights litigation they do? Is it with an NGO?goodolgil wrote:Know a lot of former PDs work in civil rights litigation.
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
What sort of stuff do the boutiques do? White collar stuff or is that left to biglaw?Grizz wrote:Criminal defense boutiques exist. You can go solo. You can try for Federal Defender. You can try to parlay your trial experience into a firm that does civil stuff.
And by parlaying trial experience into private civil work-- you think this is common?
Thanks for the input!
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
My experience is with section 1983 stuff, especially police departments. It makes sense really--suing over fuck-ups in criminal procedure.adt231 wrote:Interesting. Do you know what kind of civil rights litigation they do? Is it with an NGO?goodolgil wrote:Know a lot of former PDs work in civil rights litigation.
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
How much does qualified immunity/immunity, proving requisite intent, and valuating violations of rights curtail successful 1983 suits?
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Re: What are the "exit options" after working as a PD?
dontknowwhereimgoin wrote:How much does qualified immunity/immunity, proving requisite intent, and valuating violations of rights curtail successful 1983 suits?
Lol. There's no easy answer to this question. Take a civil rights class and you will get the big picture of this stuff.