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Difficulties on Becoming a Defense Attorney Senior Graduation Project Miguel Caballero Ms. Shimmy Spring Semester

Premise of Paper Topic of Paper Becoming an attorney can be difficult and not as easy as most people think. For instance, a lawyer's reputation can be used to determine whether or not a client would hire a certain lawyer. Main Ideas Becoming an attorney and what they do Decisions when choosing a lawyer Crimes that would lead to needing a lawyer

Premise of Paper Court cases - O.J. Simpson case - F. Lee Bailey and Johnnie Cochran Jr. Types of Defense lawyer -Bankruptcy- not able to pay debts -Criminal Defense- must know criminal law rules -Divorce- family law, paternity, child custody -Child Support- specializes in family law

Job Shadowing When: Thursday, March 15 th Where: Dare County Justice Center Who: Merlee Austin (Dare County Clerk of Court) and Chrissy DeGabrielle ( Dare County Assistant District Attorney) What: Met Judge Edgar L. Barnes, learned about the different types of courtrooms, learned about the tasks of a clerk of court, experienced two trails, witnessed a prosecutor in action

Product Model of Courtroom I came up with the idea of a courtroom to showcase a courtroom setting My product synthesized with my research paper and job shadowing. Since it creates a visual aid to better explain the setup of a courtroom.

Product My product does fill in an information gap by providing a visual of the courtroom allowing me and my audience to have a fuller understanding of the process.