This summer I have been interning with the National District
Attorneys Association, which is located in Northern Virginia. The NDAA was
formed in 1950 by local prosecutors to give a focal point to advance their
causes and issues at the national level. Issues the NDAA focuses on include
child abuse, animal abuse, litigation, drug policy, guns and gang violence, and
violence against women.
One of my major
projects this summer was to begin a comprehensive sentencing guideline manual.
This manual, when complete, will include laws from all 50 states for crimes
committed against children, elders, and repeat offenders.
In addition, I was
able to complete various online training workshops. Working with the NDAA and
working on projects such as the sentencing guideline allowed me to examine
issues from a prosecutor’s viewpoint and gain a completely different
prospective than I had from previous internships.
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