District Attorney Offices 2017 Forum

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything (offers, rejects, how many offers they intend to give out, etc.) from the Queens DA's office?

I know Queens is already deep into making offers at this point. I received an offer from them before Christmas, but turned it down to accept Brooklyn/KCDA.

[Anonymous User]

Was I the only person that argued for more time to make a decision? Just because they give you a deadline doesn't mean you can't ask for more time to consider. They aren't going to revoke an offer because you want to shop around.

Remember, you are becoming a professional advocate, don't forget to advocate for yourself.



Also, why the fuck does it seem like BXDA is the only office hiring right now (outside that Suffolk poster)?

I know that Miami is also hiring, though this forum seems to be very NYC focused.

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything (offers, rejects, how many offers they intend to give out, etc.) from the Queens DA's office?

I know Queens is already deep into making offers at this point. I received an offer from them before Christmas, but turned it down to accept Brooklyn/KCDA.

Could I ask you when your second/third interviews were before you received an offer?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything (offers, rejects, how many offers they intend to give out, etc.) from the Queens DA's office?

I know Queens is already deep into making offers at this point. I received an offer from them before Christmas, but turned it down to accept Brooklyn/KCDA.

Could I ask you when your second/third interviews were before you received an offer?

Queens and Kings 2nd rounds at the end of November, 3rd rounds in Mid-December. I received my Queens offer via phone shortly after the interview, and received an offer in person at the end of my third Brooklyn interview.

BUT I should note that I applied from out of state, so this may be an atypical timeline since I had to keep flying out for interviews. Good luck!

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from the Nassau ADA?

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone heard anything from the Nassau ADA?

Yes; got a letter I moved to the next round via snail mail, so don't panic if you get a thin letter in the mail.

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have any advice about Miami State's Attorney interview process? What the first and second interview process is like?

[Anonymous User]

Had a 3rd round Bronx interview yesterday, received an offer today.

How did you receive your offer?

[Anonymous User]

Had a 3rd round Bronx interview yesterday, received an offer today.

How did you receive your offer?

Phone call from the DA

[Anonymous User]

Does anyone have any advice about Miami State's Attorney interview process? What the first and second interview process is like?

The first round was two people. They didn't ask me a lot about myself, and most of the interview consisted of a hypo. The second round was really relaxed, and they mostly focused on my resume and experience.

[Anonymous User]

has anyone received an offer from DANY who has not had another offer elsewhere?

getting worried, timeline for me was 3rd round at the beginning of december and no news since, but i have no other offers at the moment from other boroughs so i am not sure if this is part of the reason? anyone else in this boat?

[Anonymous User]

has anyone received an offer from DANY who has not had another offer elsewhere?

getting worried, timeline for me was 3rd round at the beginning of december and no news since, but i have no other offers at the moment from other boroughs so i am not sure if this is part of the reason? anyone else in this boat?

Never heard back after First Round in September. I called a few times. Offer from BX.

[Anonymous User]

Tangentally-related, but how many weeks should we wait between a panel round and our final round before it's reasonable to reach out?

E.g., am I being a nut if I follow-up after two weeks, or should I be waiting at least four, or at least six, etc.

And if I am waiting to hear back about proceeding to a panel interview/final interview, is it at all helpful to mention that you have a panel/final somewhere else, or should you only mention anything else if you have another offer?

[Anonymous User]

Tangentally-related, but how many weeks should we wait between a panel round and our final round before it's reasonable to reach out?

E.g., am I being a nut if I follow-up after two weeks, or should I be waiting at least four, or at least six, etc.

And if I am waiting to hear back about proceeding to a panel interview/final interview, is it at all helpful to mention that you have a panel/final somewhere else, or should you only mention anything else if you have another offer?

Which office? If Bronx, then a lot of people waited around four weeks, me included. Other offices? Out of my field of knowledge.

[Anonymous User]

Tangentally-related, but how many weeks should we wait between a panel round and our final round before it's reasonable to reach out?

E.g., am I being a nut if I follow-up after two weeks, or should I be waiting at least four, or at least six, etc.

And if I am waiting to hear back about proceeding to a panel interview/final interview, is it at all helpful to mention that you have a panel/final somewhere else, or should you only mention anything else if you have another offer?

I reached out this week to the Bronx DA's office after having my panel interview 5 weeks ago. No issues.

[Anonymous User]

Has anyone who had a second-round interview from a non-Bronx office in December heard from that office already about a third interview?

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks for volunteering your help! I am applying to DA offices in NYC and various public defenders as well (I don't admit it in the interviews of coarse ). I would like to know why do some people go to the DAs office over defense. For the most part, have been telling me that 3L's get tiered of waiting and rejections from PDs and they just settle for the DA. Can you shed some light on the pro's and con's of starting at the DA over PD?

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

What does a typical third round interview look like?

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

Thanks for volunteering your help! I am applying to DA offices in NYC and various public defenders as well (I don't admit it in the interviews of coarse ). I would like to know why do some people go to the DAs office over defense. For the most part, have been telling me that 3L's get tiered of waiting and rejections from PDs and they just settle for the DA. Can you shed some light on the pro's and con's of starting at the DA over PD?

From what I have seen, people choose DA's offices over defense for their own personal beliefs. Not to stereotype individuals working in these organizations, but people in DA's offices tend to bit a bit more conservative in regards to "law and order" isssues. However that is not the main reason. People also choose DA's offices over PDs because what they feel is a benefit to society, by being able to put bad guys away, letting the good guys who made a mistake get a slap on the wrist, and letting the people who are innocent go.

From what i have seen in NY offices, if you interned in a PD, it will not be looked upon negatively during your DA application process. However, the inverse is often true for PD offices. Its a sense of culture. As a DA you are always supposed to be doing "the right thing": turning over Brady, investigating, determining credibility of witnesses etc. As a PD, you are not held to that higher standard.

In NY a lot of the PD offices are very liberal coughbronxdefenderscough and feel as though incarceration for crime should never be the solution. While they work tirelessly, their strategies in negotiation as well as trial strategy sometimes seems over zealous. As such if you were a former DA intern, you most likely wont be getting hired by those offices.

As for Pros of being a DA vs a PD: well both get plenty of trial experience. However the burden is always on the government to prove its case. As a DA I think the trial skills you build are better than a PD because a defendant does not, and often does not, put on a case. Rather the skills you will cultivate as a PD is exceptional cross examination, and ways to create reasonable doubt. In essence you are a destroyer. As a DA you are trying to create a case. you are preparing witnesses, oftentimes many witnesses in more serious cases, creating exhibits, presenting expert testimony etc. You are the creator/director of the trial.

TLDR: where you want to go will depend upon your own personal beliefs of the CJ system and what skills you want to cultivate during your time there.

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

How is it like working under Darcel Clark? Has anything changed?

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

What does a typical third round interview look like?

I believe it has been mentioned on this board before but a 3rd round in the Bronx usually consists of the DA herself leading the interview, accompanied by 2 or 3 other executive ADA's. This interview is honestly the "why the Bronx interview." Darcel was born and raised in the Bronx. If you have that background I don't think there will be an issue in your 3rd round.
However many people who make it to the 3rd round have never stepped foot inside of the Bronx unless they went to a yankee game/botanical gardens/ or the zoo. 3rd round is where you sell why you want to work specifically in the Bronx.

[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

How is it like working under Darcel Clark? Has anything changed?

A lot has changed. I was hired under former DA Rob Johnson.
to summarize:
1. cases are vertical (as much as they can be) now. Similar to the structure at NYDA.
2. New Units and bureaus created.
3. A lot more oversight on day to day operations.
4. Pay has increased in standard with other offices, however sign-on bonuses have been given to good adas to keep them committed for an extra year or 2 years.
5. Maternity leave policy was just changed yesterday, giving the primary caregiver 12 weeks per birth. However it came with a clause that you must sign a commitment to return for at least 3 months. I think this was done because many women had left the office, received maternity pay and never came back or interviewed for other jobs while out and resigned before coming back.
6. No longer is there weeks of nights as in the past, but rather single shifts.
7. a lot of people have left the office due to these changes, especially in regards to the vertical nature of cases. By going vertical it made mid level to senior adas have to do more work, as they used to just be assigned an indicted case and got to try it. Now they are back writing up complaints, running in and out of the grand jury, Basically more work for the same pay. because of this the office is understaffed at the moment, but once they have hit the numbers they need, vertical prosecution will overall be better for the cases in the long run.
8. As a result of adas leaving, it has created two tiers of adas- senior adas and younger adas. A lot of the midlevels left because they were not rewarded and promoted like senior adas. Seniors stayed because they were given large raises and placed in prestigious bureaus (homicide etc). However Darcel is in a rebuilding phase and it will require a lot of hiring to get the numbers she needs. Once the numbers are met, it will ease the strain on all adas, in which each ada is doing the work of 1.75 adas.

[Anonymous User]

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[Anonymous User]

As a former Bronx ADA, congratulations to all those with offers!!! And for those still waiting don't give up hope. From personal knowledge offers have been given even a few days before the new class starts, as attrition within the offices always fluctuates.

If anyone has any questions, I have a wealth of knowledge about the Bronx DA's office and would be willing to answer any questions you may have.

How is it like working under Darcel Clark? Has anything changed?

A lot has changed. I was hired under former DA Rob Johnson.
to summarize:
1. cases are vertical (as much as they can be) now. Similar to the structure at NYDA.
2. New Units and bureaus created.
3. A lot more oversight on day to day operations.
4. Pay has increased in standard with other offices, however sign-on bonuses have been given to good adas to keep them committed for an extra year or 2 years.
5. Maternity leave policy was just changed yesterday, giving the primary caregiver 12 weeks per birth. However it came with a clause that you must sign a commitment to return for at least 3 months. I think this was done because many women had left the office, received maternity pay and never came back or interviewed for other jobs while out and resigned before coming back.
6. No longer is there weeks of nights as in the past, but rather single shifts.
7. a lot of people have left the office due to these changes, especially in regards to the vertical nature of cases. By going vertical it made mid level to senior adas have to do more work, as they used to just be assigned an indicted case and got to try it. Now they are back writing up complaints, running in and out of the grand jury, Basically more work for the same pay. because of this the office is understaffed at the moment, but once they have hit the numbers they need, vertical prosecution will overall be better for the cases in the long run.
8. As a result of adas leaving, it has created two tiers of adas- senior adas and younger adas. A lot of the midlevels left because they were not rewarded and promoted like senior adas. Seniors stayed because they were given large raises and placed in prestigious bureaus (homicide etc). However Darcel is in a rebuilding phase and it will require a lot of hiring to get the numbers she needs. Once the numbers are met, it will ease the strain on all adas, in which each ada is doing the work of 1.75 adas.

If I'm reading this correctly, it sounds like a great time to be applying for an ADA position in the Bronx.