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Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Since I missed out by 10 minutes on being able to contribute to the madness that is the "What the heck happened?" thread, I'm going to console myself with some unabashed bragging: I got an internship at the U.S. Attorney's office in D.C. for the summer. It's supposed to be very competitive and a huge help for prosecutor-wannabes like me.

Dagonee

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

[The Wave]

Congrats Dag!

Farmgirl

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Grats Dag!

Posted by sndrake (Member # 4941) on :

Wow! Congratulations!

I suspect the competition for the internship position was very stiff - you should feel pretty pleased with yourself. That is really great news.

[Party]

(first ever use of this graemlin by me)

[ March 11, 2004, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: sndrake ]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Congratz.!!!!!

The bad news.

Your internship involves you being Ashcrofts replacement gall bladder.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I'm glad a thoughtful person like yourself is shooting for prosecution law. So often justice is miscarried simply because the two sides are fighting each other rather than seeking the truth.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Thanks, guys!

Dan, my family has a history of gall bladder problems – he’s welcome to mine [Smile]

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pooka, thank you so much for the kind words. One of the reasons I want to be a prosecutor is because it’s one of the few areas of litigation where you can refuse cases in which you think your side is not in the right (in fact, to some extent, you have to).

I want to be known as the guy defense attorneys want prosecuting when the defendant is some kid who messed up for the first time, is truly sorry, and does not want to see his life ruined. I also want to be the guy who makes defense attorneys say, “oh s---!” when they find out I’m prosecuting their client who hurt a child in some way.

Alan Dershowitz, someone with whom I disagree on many issues, wrote something which helped confirm my decision to be a prosecutor.

quote:
Alan Dershowitz, Letters to a Young Lawyer, p. 150:
[T]here are few higher callings than an hones prosecutor with a real sense of justice. Such a prosecutor can have a greater impact on the criminal justice system than any defense lawyer or judge, since most prosecutorial decisions are highly discretionary. I tell my students that if they really want to be do-gooders in the criminal justice system, they should become prosecutors that care about justice.

Dagonee

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

Congrats Dagonee!!!! I know you will be a fantastic prosecutor.

Having your gall bladder out is actually fairly painless, I went in for an emergency one last year and was fine within a week. They do it with really tiny insicions and everything. Didn't know I had a family history of it, but apparently there was one in the great grandparent generation.

I missed out on the madness too, since I was at a laboratory vendors expo all day today. I'm not sure if it was a good or a bad thing, but all the support from everyone has been awesome.

AJ

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Run! The evil one is back!

[Taunt]

(Thanks, AJ)

[ March 11, 2004, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: Dagonee ]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Congrats, Dagonee! Good work!

[Party]