This survey is for law students or recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in public defense. Equal Justice Works would like to bridge public defender offices seeking talented new hires with law graduates such as you. Please take the time to complete this survey to inform our work and help address the challenges of entering this field. Thank you.

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* 1. Are you a law student or law graduate in the last three years?

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* 2. How many years of law school have you completed?

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* 3. Are you interested in starting or exploring a career in public defense?

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* 4. I would really like to become a public defender, but it has been difficult to find a job in the field.

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* 5. I find that many public defender offices only hire candidates already licensed to practice in their state. This is a problem when deciding what state bar exam to take during my third year of law school.

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* 6. If a public defender office committed to hiring me for the next available attorney position in their office, I would be willing to relocate, take their state bar examination and wait for an opening.

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* 7. Equal Justice Works may be able to offer a service that matches interested and qualified law students and graduates to public defender offices across the country. Public defender offices would then interview and select candidates from their matches to fill future attorney positions as they become available.

Would you participate in such a service?

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* 8. If you would like to participate in this service, please include your name and contact information.

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* 9. Is there anything else you would like to tell us? Please give us your contact information if you wish to receive updates about this project in the future.

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