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What actually gets you hired

• Two summers interning at a prosecutor office

  Offices hire people they already know. This is the closest thing to a guaranteed route.

• Trial advocacy and moot court

  Proof you can do the job, not just pass exams.

• A judicial clerkship

  A year working for a judge after law school. It teaches you what persuades the bench.

• Willingness to move

  Smaller counties hire faster and hand you felony trials years sooner.