Thinking of switching to public defense after less than a year of disliking civil defense work. Encouragement? I did some public defense in law school and loved it. Any tips or well wishes appreciated.

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I love it. I’ve been doing it for 25 years. But it is a bit of a pigeonhole. If you don’t like it after a few years, get out or you won’t be marketable elsewhere. But I hope you love it!!!

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Hi would you mind sharing some more. I’ve been in civil litigation for 2 years and I want something new. I’m also a mom. Is this type of work suitable for me?

So, I absolutely love my work as a public defender. I find it extremely gratifying. I could not imagine doing any other practice of law. The bonus of being a PD is you get trial work near immediately and you get to go to trial often.

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Thank you! Crossing my fingers I get an interview.

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