Ep 11: Into The Mind of a Defense Attorney, The Perspective and Confidence You Need to Succeed in this Field w/ Quiana Harris
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Quiana Harris is a native of a small town in eastern North Carolina named Rich Square, and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Winston-Salem State University. Thereafter, Quiana attended Howard University School of Law where she represented clients through the Criminal Justice Clinic and was the Executive Notes and Comments Editor for the Howard Law Journal. Upon graduation from Howard Law, the first-generation Esquire joined the faculty of Georgetown Law School as an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow, where supervised third year law students in Georgetown’s Juvenile Justice Clinic while also representing children and adults in the DC Superior Court. Upon completion of the Prettyman Fellowship, Quiana was awarded a LL.M. in Advocacy. Quiana has now joined the D.C. Public Defender Service as a general felony trial attorney. On this episode, we discussed why Quiana chose defense work over big law, speaking at her old highschool, the Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez trial and more!
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