<p>What's the typical path a person has to take in order to become a prosecutor/ADA/what have you? Obviously you go to law school first, but after that do most people immediately start working for the government or do a lot of them gain experience in private, civil practices?</p>
<p>My answer is anecdotal–it’s just based on people I personally know.</p>
<p>It seems that state prosecutors usually embark on this career path straight out of law school. Federal prosecutors usually have at least a couple of years of other experience, usually as a clerk for a federal judge, but sometimes in private practice, before joining a US attorney’s office.</p>
<p>The criminal prosecution targets on trial of repeat offenders. Their courses addresses the problem of repeat offenders by treating them as individual criminals. Vertical prosecution allows for one prosecutor to handle a case from filing of charges to sentencing of the defendant. They learn about robbery, burglary, car jacking, arson, grand theft and receiving stolen property. The following site has complete information about this career.
[Criminal</a> Prosecution Clinic NCCU School of Law](<a href=“http://law.nccu.edu/clinics/criminal-prosecution/]Criminal”>http://law.nccu.edu/clinics/criminal-prosecution/)
I hope it would help you.</p>
<p>You would probably have to get some internships at a DAs office under your belt before you graduate law school. You can also see if you can get some summer associate work at a defense’s office (private practice, of course) before doing so. Also, you may have to do some clerking after finishing law school as well.</p>