I'm a Bailiff!

Since I passed POST, I am officially a law clerk/bailiff for the Fourth District Court. Yesterday was my first day, and it went better than I anticipated. We were supposed to have a criminal jury trial today and tomorrow, but luckily for me, it got cancelled--thank goodness! But it should be a good time tomorrow--bail hearings and an eviction hearing--and on Thursday--criminal law in motion day, which includes initial appearances, preliminary hearings, entry of pleas and stuff like that. So it should be an interesting week. As a sidenote, feel free to not only come and check out our courtroom specifically, but any proceedings in district court because it is open court. It can be really interesting if you get in on something good, like a rape case (not necessarily interesting, but horrifying, rather) or a theft case where the defendant is 75 and committed the thefts from one of those driveable wheelchairs (seriously, I sat in on this today, and I was thinking, "Really? You're going to spend your retirement in jail, you dillweed!). And the job is pretty laid back, so it will be a good year for me to learn the law more in depth while I figure out the procedure and what I want to do. We'll see.