InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agoGuess how many public defenders the entire state of Mississippi has.NSFWimagemessage-square17 fedilinkarrow-up1105file-text
arrow-up1105imageGuess how many public defenders the entire state of Mississippi has.NSFWInevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 1 year agomessage-square17 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareButtBidet [he/him]hexbear3·1 year agoI don't wish to pigeonhole people, but public defenders whom I've met have had parents able to pay for their tuition. link
minus-squareGaveUp [love/loves]hexbear13·edit-21 year agoI mean that make sense, everybody else who wants to be a public defender probably can't even consider it a viable option due to the finances link
minus-squarecantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.workshexbear5·1 year agoThink of it like an underpaid internship. You get experience and eventually you can build up a private defense practice while still getting referrals from the public defender office. linkfedilink
I don't wish to pigeonhole people, but public defenders whom I've met have had parents able to pay for their tuition.
I mean that make sense, everybody else who wants to be a public defender probably can't even consider it a viable option due to the finances
Think of it like an underpaid internship. You get experience and eventually you can build up a private defense practice while still getting referrals from the public defender office.