>> The important thing if you want to be a criminal prosecutor would be to decide early
on this is what I want to do, this is going to be fun for me,
and get involved with the local district attorney's office or the next county over.
When I was at Pitt I did a--
I think a three-credit internship with the Washington County's district attorney's office,
which is about a 45 minute drive south of here, but I was able to start building that record.
You know, criminal prosecution is something I want to do and that gave me the ability to get
in to the prosecution practicum at Pitt, at Pitt Law, and that is a program run
through the district attorney's office here in Allegheny County in downtown Pittsburg.
And after having that opportunity I was able to actually get hired
at the DA's office here in Pittsburg.
So, it was all those little steps along the way that I took in law school
that helped me create my own niche and I really only have one focus
and that helped me get the job that I wanted to get after law school.
So, I mean, plenty of reasonable minds would disagree on it, you know,
but I think if you want to do criminal law, make that your thing and make it--
make that decision early on and do everything you can to create a track record
that you know you want to be a prosecutor.