Interviews

Marissa and I did one of our two combined interviews. For our first interview we talked to her neighbor who is a commercial litigation lawyer. This means that she works with companies and not individual people. Although she works with companies she is not assigned to one specific company. I feel that I learned a lot in my interview. Although she does not work with juveniles specifically she knew a lot about the topic and the legal side behind it. I was surprised we were able to ask Nora questions specific to the topic and have her answer with great insight. I feel that she was a great choice for an interview and that we learned a lot from someone who isn’t directly working in the area of choice. She is also a mother herself which gave a new view on the topic because she has children of her own and had to think about what it would feel like for one of her own kids to be put in this situation. Probably this is one of the things that causes her to believe in the rehabilitation of juveniles. Much like our panel she thinks that children to deserve a second chance and should be rehabilitated over being thrown in jail. I learned many new things from this interview but one of the biggest things I learned about was a recent case about Miranda warnings. Nora briefly mentioned it and told us that we should further research it.   

Personally the hardest part of the interview, for me, was writing down what Nora was saying and coming up with good interview questions. Once we started talking I was easily able to come up with follow up questions and other clarifying questions. Overall I didn’t find the interview a very hard task. I found panel day much harder. I enjoyed hearing Nora’s opinion the most. She had a different view on the topic because she hasn’t worked closely with any of the cases. This means that she isn't opinionated and could give a less bias opinion. This allowed for us to get great insight. I found this the best and most interesting part of the interview process.