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Cultivating Interests in Serving as a Future Public Defender :)

A photograph of myself at the Washington Monument after watching a criminal trial at the District of Columbia Circuit Court 🙂

An Up-Close Perspective into the District of Columbia’s Metropolitan Police Department

Pictured: the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia

Changing Perspectives about Indigent Defendants & Criminal Justice Reform

My internship experience with the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia has been eventful thus far! Throughout the past few weeks, I have experienced a sense of belonging with attorneys, investigators, law clerks, investigative interns, and support personnel by conducting various investigative tasks. After completing mandatory training, I had a smooth transition toContinue reading “Changing Perspectives about Indigent Defendants & Criminal Justice Reform”

Field Investigative Work in the District of Columbia

Being an Investigative Intern for the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia requires investigative tasks to be conducted in the field. With one of the safest, largest, and cleanest mass transit systems in the United States, the spaces which I inhabit on a daily basis are located sporadically throughout Maryland, Virginia, and theContinue reading “Field Investigative Work in the District of Columbia”

Serving Indigent Defendants in Southeast, District of Columbia

Serving at the Public Defender Services has allowed opportunities to build a community through sharing a collective interest in providing effective public legal representation to indigent defendants, constituents unable to afford private representation which are accused of the most serious and complex juvenile and adult crimes. Public Defenders are established to provide legal services toContinue reading “Serving Indigent Defendants in Southeast, District of Columbia”

A Sense of Community

Pictured: the thirteen investigative summer interns I served with at the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia 🙂

Interning at the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia :)

Pictured: a rainbow in front of the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia located in Judiciary Square

Social Inequalities of Indigent Defendants in the District of Columbia

The Public Defender Services represents indigent defendants, constituents unable to afford private legal representation, by allocating public legal services towards the most serious and complex juvenile and adult crimes. As a Trial and Civil Intern Investigator, I often conduct field work in the Southeast of the District of Columbia due to heightened crime in gentrifiedContinue reading “Social Inequalities of Indigent Defendants in the District of Columbia”

Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia

The transition residing in the District of Columbia along with working at the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia has been much smoother than I anticipated. I have been assigned to the Trial Division, which represents & handles the most serious & complex resource-intensive adult cases in criminal proceedings in the District ofContinue reading “Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia”

Hi, my name is Chloe! :)

My name is Chloe Wain & I am a third-year student at Florida State University from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida pursuing majors in Political Science, Editing, Writing, & Media, & Economics, with a minor in Spanish. I will be pursuing the Criminal Law Internship Program at the Public Defender Services for the District of Columbia asContinue reading “Hi, my name is Chloe! :)”