Your Guide To Being A Public Defender

What Is The Best PSLF Tax Filing Status For Married Couples?

April 12, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

What is the best PSLF tax filing status for married couples? There is no “one size fits all” answer. However, most married couples will benefit from selecting their PSLF tax filing status as “married filing […]

Applying For PSLF Loan Forgiveness

September 30, 2019 Anthony Naro Comments Off

How Do I Apply For PSLF Loan Forgiveness? Make sure you have made 120 payments. Go online and fill out the application. Have your employer fill out their section. Scan and submit the form online. […]

7 Criminal Justice Books To Read!

April 14, 2019 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Here are 7 criminal justice books to read before you interview. You should also read up on my tips for successful interviewing! UPDATE! GIDEON’S PROMISE ADDED TO THE LIST! The founder of Gideon’s Promise, Jonathan […]

The Key To A Successful Client Interview

February 27, 2021 Anthony Naro 1

The key to a successful client interview is understanding that every client is going to be in a different mental state. Some will be scared when they first meet you. It may be their first […]

Hiring An Expert

August 31, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Is hiring an expert necessary in every case? Many criminal cases do not call for hiring an expert. That being said, there is no hard and fast rule that certain types of cases will never […]

Gideon’s Promise – Book Review

August 21, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Gideon’s Promise: The Organization Most of my readers know all about Gideon’s Promise. But, if you don’t, let’s take a few seconds to talk about who they are. “Gideon’s Promise is a nonprofit public defender […]

Six Tips On Effectively Representing Trans and Non-Binary Clients

August 20, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

About Me Before I start to give you advice about representing trans and non-binary clients, let me introduce you to myself. My name is Connor Barusch (he/they). I am a visibly trans person. I am […]

Mental Health and Working From Home During COVID

August 6, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

So Here We Are… We are now into month five of pandemic life. Working from home. Some of us working from home with kids. We waded our way through the deluge of information in the […]

Can Public Defenders Be Racist?

August 3, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Can Public Defenders Be Racist? Yes. A few years ago, a woman of color was in a space with two white women. One of the white women told the other white woman a story in […]

An Interview With Sajid Khan

July 15, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

MEET SAJID KHAN Sajid Khan is a public defender in Santa Clara County, co-host of the Aider and Abettor Podcast, and blogger (check out his blog – Closing Arguments). Sajid Khan is also one of […]

How Do I Prepare For A Video Interview? 10 Tips To Zoom Your Way To A Job!

July 9, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Prepare for a video interview like any other interview. Video interviews have been around for a long time. The public defender agency I work for has used them for years to interview first round candidates […]

Big Changes To Federal Student Loan Servicing: How Will It Impact Your PSLF?

June 28, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

Your federal student loan servicing company is going to change. This will impact everyone, but should PSLF dreamers be particularly concerned? Yes. The U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid just announced that […]

Implicit Bias and Public Defenders

May 13, 2020 Anthony Naro Comments Off

After a year of building this site, it only recently came to me that I have neglected to address a very important topic: Implicit Bias and Public Defenders. Recently, the Suffolk County District Attorney from […]

Your Guide To Being A Public Defender

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