Okay so I’m a newly licensed attorney in a very conservative part of TX. I just got my first job offer and I was worried at first thinking that I was in “Trump” territory, but I tested the waters in my interview and spoke about police injustices and how prosecutor’s job is not only to protect victims, but also defendants from police injustices. I have to let them know by tomorrow, but thoughts on if this is a good career move for someone who wants to work in transactional work-RE or Bankruptcy?

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What does police injustices have to do with real estate or bankruptcy?

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You’ll do great at this job, and at the next one.

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What’s the gig?

They seemed really nice—I pride myself on my judge of character and I had no red-flags, which scared me. Especially at the fact that he ran as a Republican, and I am not that. They said I’d have a lot of discretion and that guidelines were only set for DWI and Domestic Abuse. I guess I was just nervous to accept, bc it’s not my intended practice, and whether it would translate well to transactional work.

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