Essay For Prisoner Reentry Officer

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I would like to apply for the Program Associate position for the Prisoner Reentry Institute’s Educational Initiatives. I am a college graduate with a career interest in criminal justice reform, particularly research and policy work to improve issues of mass incarceration such as access to education.

Most recently, I temped as a legal personnel coordinator and professional development coordinator at an international corporate law firm. I responded to benefits inquiries to support the onboarding of new associates as well as communicated with speakers and requested conference rooms, catering, and audiovisual equipment for continuing legal education programs.

Prior to working at a private law firm, I served as a research assistant at a forensic
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I would like to apply for the Program Associate position for the Prisoner Reentry Institute’s Educational Initiatives. I am a college graduate with a career interest in criminal justice reform, particularly research and policy work to improve issues of mass incarceration such as access to education.

Most recently, I temped as a legal personnel coordinator and professional development coordinator at an international corporate law firm. I responded to benefits inquiries to support the onboarding of new associates as well as communicated with speakers and requested conference rooms, catering, and audiovisual equipment for continuing legal education programs.

Prior to working at a private law firm, I served as a research assistant at a forensic consultation practice for an ongoing study seeking to enhance fairness in criminal sentencing. I gathered and analyzed pretrial records in homicide, sexual assault, assault, and nonviolent felony cases for evidence of depravity and taught interns the research and data collection methodologies. In addition, I inputted the crime data into a spreadsheet for statistical

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