Writing Sample Advice for PD's offices
Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:31 pm
So I am applying to my local PD's office and they requested a writing sample. I have two different options, but I'm not sure which would be best.
First, I have a prosecution memo that I wrote my 2L year. It is a well written objective memo that discusses what charges the DA should and should not file against a defendant.
Second, I have a brief of a motion to suppress physical evidence that I wrote during my 3L criminal defense clinic. This is obviously more in accord with what I would do in the PD's office, but the problem is that the arguments are not strong. For example, one argument was that the officer lacked probable cause to pull a vehicle over for speeding because his radar equipment left room for human error (guy was going 89 in a 45 mph zone.) The facts were not in our favor at all, so we just had to make the best with what we had.
Does anyone know what a PD's office would rather see as the sample?
Thanks a lot.
First, I have a prosecution memo that I wrote my 2L year. It is a well written objective memo that discusses what charges the DA should and should not file against a defendant.
Second, I have a brief of a motion to suppress physical evidence that I wrote during my 3L criminal defense clinic. This is obviously more in accord with what I would do in the PD's office, but the problem is that the arguments are not strong. For example, one argument was that the officer lacked probable cause to pull a vehicle over for speeding because his radar equipment left room for human error (guy was going 89 in a 45 mph zone.) The facts were not in our favor at all, so we just had to make the best with what we had.
Does anyone know what a PD's office would rather see as the sample?
Thanks a lot.