Criminal Law Clerk Career Guide and Counseling

Question: How does one obtain an attorney position in criminal law without experience...and still make loan payments? with a year of law clerk experience!

Answer: maybe he's that good......does he have a license?

Question: How to become a law professor? 1.) Law school. 2.) Clerk for 2 - 3 years with a federal, appellate or Supreme Court Justice. 3.) Then what? Does one need to have practiced criminal law, for example, in order to teach a course on it? Or no, since the application and theory of law are different animals. If the practice of law isn’t necessary, what is the next on the road to professorship after clerkship? Finally, what is an average salary of a law professor?

Answer: Practising law is not an important prerequisite for teaching law, at least in the US. The important thing along the way, whether in law school or thereafter, is to publish scholarly papers. The salary varies greatly -- though in general it is somewhat higher than the salaries of non-professional college teachers.

Question: What kind of a judge orders his law clerk to kill himself so criminals never have to go to jail...? so long as they become the judge's servants?

Answer: an imaginary judge

Question: If i want to be a Law Clerk, What Major do i major in? First of all, this is not really i want to do, It is a for a class project.. What university should i go into in california? do i need a major in criminal justice? or can i just do a liberal arts degree and get a bachelor? alot of info would be nice... i did some researching but i am still confused about this. So i need a Bachelor in Law.. what if i get a paralegal certificate too? then i have to go to law school before i can get a job being a law clerk?

Answer: You would need to have a BS or BS degree and Graduate from a Law School. Law Clerks are all graduates of Law School. Go to UCLA for your BS degree and then Stanford for your Law Degree. Stanford has the highest rated law school in cali. PS. and make sure you graduate in the top 10% of your Law School class, those are the students who receive clerkships.

Question: Criminal law question, six seconds to act? ok, i have a criminal law exam, and i'm aloud to ask people and use the internet, so no i'm not cheating. pk here's a question i don't get: you walk into a 7-eleven. you order a larger blue-rasberry slurpee to-go and hand the clerk $2.00. just as the clerk hand you your change, consisting of two quarters, one dime, one nickel, and three pennies, you see the horror out of the cornor of your eye. outside the 7-eleven and heading toward you is a crazed postal worker with fire in his eyes and an AK-47 in his hand. he is heading toward the store when he notices a phone booth just off to the right of the entrance with 15 people jam-packed inside it for no obvious reason but that they couldn't decide where the kine for the phone began. jam-packed like sardines in a can, they are helpless sitting ducks. you are the only hope as the psycho loads his weapon and raises to fire. he lets out a hideous laugh that causes the 7-eleven clerk to vomit on your new shoes. you have six seconds to act. your only hope is that you've taken criminal law and thus have become hardened by the case studies covered in class. you have a slurpee in one hand, change in the other and very slippery, reeking footwear, all thanks to the clerk. what will you do? i was thinking either pray, or say that i'd pull out my gun and shoot the guy since he was a danger to society, hwat do you think?? i didn't come up with the question, it's on my exam, so my teacher came up with it, so idk what you guys are talking about when your talking about drugs

Answer: Run for the back and take the clerk with you. It's a no brainer. Let's not be a hero. When you are safe then call for help.

Question: the difference bet. paralegal and law clerk? and by the way is this a good field to go into? I am thinking about majoring in criminal justice.. what is the education needed, plentiful jobs for this field? good salary? my mom keeps pushing me to become a pharmacists but i don't want to.

Answer: Both do legal reseach and paperwork under the auspices of a licensed attorney. A law clerk may also be an attorney in their own right, and just working under another more experienced attorney. Or the law clerk may be a paralegal or law student, not yet licensed.

Question: Utah DUI/ violation of probation criminal law question? original ofence was a dui in utah.. was sentance to 1 year court probation, pay fine and do 50 hours community hours.. moved to a different state for work related purposes... called court to xplain of move and if he could do his hours in new adress and a clerk told him he couldnt.. he had a review hearing wich he apeard to and was going to pay off fine and do hours that same week.. judge didnt let him xplain and sentance him to 6 moths in jail.. is there anything i can do

Answer: Nope, let the judge's sentence stand. First off, he should have gotten the ok just to move to another State. Those on probation usually are NOT ALLOWED to even travel to another State, let alone moving. The judge was correct in sentencing him.........I know it is tough luck, but he knew what his probation was, and what he had to do, probations are pretty much written out for all to understand. He should have done it and be responsible about it. There is no excuse when it comes to probation, either you are responsible enough to follow through on the requirements, or you get jail time.

Question: I need a good cover letter for a entry level law firm position? Any ideas? The position advertisement is pretty vague though, it doesn't even give the job a title. "full time opening for a detail orientated person interested in working for a fast paced, progressive, and growing law firm. Education and experience in Paralegal, Social Work preferred." I have an associate degree in Criminal Justice and worked for a year as an office clerk part time at another law firm while I was in school.

Answer: A cover letter is always a good idea. It gives enough information about you and your capabilities so that the employer will be interested in talking with your personality. The letter should relate specifically to the company and person to whom you are writing. If you haven't already done so, find out as much as you can about each firm and individual you plan to ask for an interview. Try to talk with some one who has been working with the firm, ask for literature, such as the annual report that explains the firm and its policies, check the company's WEB SITE, or check out the firm at Hoover's Online, The Wall Street Journal's Career Journal or Wet Feet's Company Profiles. 1. Use correct grammar. 2. Address it to a specific person by name, including the job title in the inside address. Include the following: a) Brief greeting including how you heard about the opening b) The position you are applying for c) Your basic qualifications for the position and any accomplishments or career highlights that might interest the employer enough to contact you d) Any other information you feel is pertinent to the specific job without repeating information found in your resume. Justify any holes in the resume if necessary, like the five year gap when you didn't work at all! e) End with a paragraph requesting an interview, including your phone number and e-mail address and when you can be reached. BE SURE YOU INCLUDE THE DATE ...A RETURN ADDRESS... AND AN INSIDE ADDRESS. E-mails don't need addresses. Sign the letter in blue or black ink only. NO EMOTICONS :)

Question: Need help in double checking Business Law Questions please.? Question #1) Jane notices the that the sole clerk in a convenience store has left the building to take a cigarette break. Jane decides against taking a candy bar from the store because she has always believed that stealing is wrong. Jane’s decision would be classified as A. duty-based ethics. C. utilitarianism. B. outcome-based ethics. D. cost-benefit analysis. I think that the answer is A - duty-based ethics. **************************************… Question #2) Which of the following disputes would be considered a good candidate for online dispute resoluton? A. Britney Spears discovers, to her dismay, that Jose previously registered for the domain name Britney.com. B. Monica purchases a shirt from Eddie’s, a store in a local mall, which also has a Web site called Eddies.com. The shirt unravels after one wash, and the store refuses to refund Monica’s money. C. Ricky Marks agrees to endorse a new product, Handsome Hunk aftershave, on television and radio ads. Marks discovers, to his disbelief, that the aftershave smells like oranges, which he detests. Marks refuses to endorse the product. D. Sally agrees to accept a freelance writing assignment for Harry Publishing. According to the agreement, Sally is to submit all of her work through e-mail. However, Sally thinks e-mail is overrated and refuses to submit her work by any means other than conventional mail. I am stuck between answers A and B. My book says that most on-line dispute resolutions are based on domain names (which is answer A), but it also says that on-line resolutions can also be used for person who have purchased merchandise over the internet (like on E-bay). In answer B the merchandise was purchased in a store at the Mall, but the business also has a web site. **************************************… Question 3) Hillary sues Mona for damages for what Hillary alleges was her wrongful termination. As what type of law would Hillary’s suit against Mona be classified? A. National law C. Criminal law B. International law D. Civil law I am pretty certain this answer is D. Can you please let me know your input as to whether or not I got these right or wrong. Thank you.

Answer: 1-A 2-A 3- Don't accept the premiss. Are you in the United States? In the U.S. there is no civil law, that is continental european stuff. It's not criminal law, it's employment law, which would be in civil court, and if anything national law makes more sense, but in the U.S., national law, or federal law, rarely applies to employment disputes unless certain circumstances are met.

Question: Can you give me some career ideas? I have hit a wall in my job search and I would love your help! I was a journalism/advertising major in undergradute. I went to a good state school in the Midwest and graduated in the top 1/3rd. I learned a great deal about writing, branding, marketing, sales and design (among other things). However, I decided I wanted to go to law school. I went to another good school in the midwest and finished in the middle of my class. I then moved to California and took the bar and passed on the first try. My legal experiences include: clerking for a year for a state civil law judge, interning for a British criminal law barrister, clerking for a medical malpractice defense firm, and working as a legal contract temp attorney on class action and patent cases. My other talents include photography, writing, and doing just about anything on a computer. So my question is, what advice do you have for potential careers, both traditional and non-traditional? All suggestions are welcome

Answer: Have you excluded a law practice? what about politics?