kinetic-passion

Thank you for doing this. You mentioned speech issues before. My brother is autistic (not on the severe end, and a grade lvl ahead in math in fact) , so he doesn't talk much/well. But when he texts me, it seems like talking to an entirely different version of him. Pretty much like any other kid. He wants to be a doctor (or teacher).

I've been thinking about how most people don't get to experience that side of him, and limited to only what he can/will vocalize to them. So my question is, when you're having difficulty communicating, what do you do to make it apparent to others that you are in fact just like them and just as capable? Particularly professionally/academically.

Thank you for answering! Since you get into an interview room by looking good on paper, I'm sure that once you're in there, the interviewer will be able to look past speech difficulty and see how perseverent you are and it could actually play to your advantage. And if it doesn't, then you probably wouldn't want to work for that kind of person/company anyway.

As an attorney, cases like yours are the reason I wanted to be a lawyer. I am from a rural area that doesn't even have a public defender office. Besides needing more funding in order to have enough attorneys, what is something that you think would improve the indigent defense system based on your experience?

Defending the innocent is uncommon and can be horrifying for everyone involved. I have one such trial coming up in two weeks - my first. If this can be put in a more broadly-applicable way: what do you wish your lawyer did differently at your trial to show enough doubt that points to your innocence?