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Personal Narrative: Guilty Or Innocent
Guilty or Innocent?

Today marks the momentous day that I defend a client on my own for the first time. The final outcome of this pivotal case is unknown, but I am thoroughly equipped to take on this challenge. Four years of undergrad school, three years of law school and three years as an associate has prepared me for my first criminal case as a leading attorney.

At 6:00am my alarm went off; I quickly dressed as I had carefully selected my outfit the night before, ate breakfast and was on the subway by 7:30am. I desperately searched for a place to sit on the jam-packed, reeking subway because I could not possibly review documents while standing up. After the fairly short and non-eventful subway ride, I met with my client briefly in a
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