Career Path of a Deputy District Attorney in Trial Litigation
Before becoming a Deputy District Attorney, experiences in college and law school heavily influenced the career path. These experiences include interning with the Los Angeles Police Department, involvement in criminal justice organizations at Cal State Long Beach which helped narrow focus to "pursuing criminal justice," and interning with prosecutorial agencies during law school that "further cemented desire to become a criminal prosecutor."
Criminal Justice, Prosecution, Internship Experience, Law School, Career Focus
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Job Title
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Lance Cotton
Deputy District Attorney
Trial Litigation
California State University: Long Beach
Chapman University, School of Law
Criminal Justice
Law
Legal
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Greek Life Member, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Interned with the Los Angeles Police Department, Harbor Division before senior year of college.
2. Active involvement in criminal justice organizations (student association and honor society) at Cal State Long Beach.
3. Multiple internships with prosecutorial agencies during law school, solidifying the desire to become a criminal prosecutor.
Transcript
Could you walk me through your career path, starting with your experiences in college? Please include any internships or jobs you had before your current role.
Yes, absolutely. In college, I interned for the Los Angeles Police Department, Harbor Division, before my senior year started.
Other than that, I was very involved on campus at Cal State Long Beach. I participated in the criminal justice student association and the criminal justice honor society.
Through these organizations and my internships, I really narrowed my focus on pursuing criminal justice and ultimately decided to become a prosecutor. During law school, I interned with several prosecutorial agencies, about two different agencies in total, which further cemented my desire to become a criminal prosecutor.
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