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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your daughter sounds exactly like me when I was her age. I’m a prosecutor now. What I love about the job is that it’s so much more than a desk job. I’m involved and out of the office a lot assisting with investigations. I travel to meet with witnesses sometimes. I’m in the courtroom probably 400% more than most other types of lawyers. I put on seminars, and I get to travel once or twice a year to attend other seminars myself. So I get to be a lawyer, without being a typical, stuffy, paperwork-laden existence (though a large amount of my job IS paperwork).

The drawbacks are that it pays shit, at least on the local government level, it’s kind of a niche job in that if you want to stay in it forever but “advance” the path pretty much ends at the US Attorney’s office, and I never really felt like I’m part of the “lawyer club.” I consider myself more a part of the law enforcement community than the lawyer community.

But it’s a great job for someone who doesn’t like being stuck in an office 100% of the time, likes handling different and important situations, can get a little gritty, but also enjoys writing and reading. [/quote]

Another prosecutor here and this 100% sums up my experience.

I'm not convinced this job is great for the "nicest person in the world" types.  You have to deal with really horrible stuff: drug dealers, domestic violence, child abuse.  Victims/witnesses are going to be horrible to you and I'd rather wrestle a bear than deal with a lot of criminal defense attorneys.  You have to have a pretty thick skin and you absolutely cannot be a "people pleaser."  [/quote]

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