When the tours for the day were accidentally overbooked, I had the awesome chance to come in on one of my days off to conduct my first solo tour!I led a tour group of older students who were a part of a summer program through the museum. It was wonderful getting to work with aContinue reading “First Tour”
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Exciting Guests
Something incredibly exciting happened this past week of my internship at The Ritz! Two lovely and extremely knowledgeable women— a mother and her daughter— came through to tour the museum. They were both long time Jacksonville residents and were able to accurately identify many people in the historic photos in the museum. The mother, picturedContinue reading “Exciting Guests”
A Connective Project
Throughout my experience this summer, I was also involved with a separate project that laid at the intersection of history and culture. I was invited to consult on a project that plans to install informational kiosks commemorating notable Black Florida figures who had traveled north along the highway from the late 1800s to the earlyContinue reading “A Connective Project”
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
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”
Final Reflections
Pictured: Me just vibing on the streets of Bangalore. Now, being done with most of the project, I feel chill!
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