• Georgetown Curriculum Guide
• Prosecutors
• Defenders

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to the Website

There are a variety of reasons to pursue a career in criminal law. You may want to protect the rights of the indigent. You may want to get amazing litigation experience early on in your career. You may want to be a champion for victims.

Whatever your goals, this site aims to help you find the career you want:

1. For those of you who don’t know whether you want to be a public defender or a   prosecutor, we want to help you discover where you belong in the criminal justice system.
2. We want to identify those offices, amongst the hundreds in the country that stand out for their commitment to justice and will be meaningful places for students to begin their careers.
3. We want to arm you with the tools on how to go get these jobs. What information do you need? Who do you contact? How do you proceed? What are they looking for? You should find all these answers here and more.

In creating this website we drew upon the resources and expertise of Professor James Forman. Drawing on his own experience, as well as that of his extensive network of contacts, he has identified those offices where he can be confident that students will have a meaningful start to their legal careers. For those of you who don’t know much about Professor Forman, here’s a link to his bio.

So now we leave you to start exploring! We suggest you watch the introductory video before moving on. This website is currently under construction and for those of you who have comments and suggestions, we welcome them! They can be sent to Professor Forman’s Research Assistant, at GauriG@AOL.com.

 

A Little Inspiration...