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Bryan

Sr. Deputy District Attorney

Orange County District Attorney

UCLA class of 2004
Chapman School of Law, Juris Doctor, 2007

Bryan Clavecilla has over 15 years of experience in jury trials, public speaking, and organizational leadership in the field of criminal law prosecution.

Government & Public Sector

Law

Legal

Philosophy

Scholarship Recipient

Pell Grant Recipient

Took Out Loans

Worked 20+ Hours in School

Student Athlete

Q1Career path

Mock Trial

Legal Internships

Community Service

1:16

"It was great for me because it got me early on involved in my community."

Q2Main responsibilities

Trial Advocacy

Criminal Prosecution

Case Management

0:30

"I help with case analysis, case filing, case sentencing, additionally trials, motions and anything related to the criminal prosecution process."

Q3Day in the life

Legal Research

Trial Preparation

Courtroom Experience

0:49

"So unlike other lawyer jobs, you're not tied to your desk; you're constantly in a courtroom appearing on a case, arguing a case, doing a jury trial."

Q4Most important skills - role

Problem-Solving

Stress Management

Communication

0:44

"One of the things is things come at you quickly, you're constantly adjusting and unlike the movies things never go according to plan in real life."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Mentorship

Professional Development

Leadership

0:48

"my role now is to assist the younger and mid-level attorneys to grow in their careers and in their professional development"

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Ethical Dilemmas

Workplace Challenges

Overcoming Challenges

1:04

"One Bad Apple paints a really bad picture for the whole bunch. And right now I think the current trend is to lump all people within this profession as overreaching which absolutely is not the case."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Ethics

Criminal Justice

Law

0:53

"To me the best part of criminal prosecution and being an attorney in general is ultimately your job is to do the right thing."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Resilience

Critical Thinking

Public Service

1:25

"Ultimately, to be a good criminal prosecutor, you have to be a people person that's committed to Public Service"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Career Development

Networking

Mentorship

1:03

"you need each other to advance to Mentor each other to promote to retain people"

Q10Entry-level positions

Internships

Networking

Volunteer Experience

1:03

"One of the things you can do and I know this is gonna sound crazy is work for free. Yes. You heard me, work for free."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Professionalism

Reputation Management

Networking

1:16

"Your reputation is the most important thing you have."

Q12College ideas for success

Communication

Problem-Solving

Critical Thinking

1:05

"if you want to be a trial attorney get involved in mock trial getting involved in speech and debate. These are skills that you'll use your entire career."

Q13How identity impacted career

Overcoming Challenges

Workplace Discrimination

Implicit Bias

1:53

"I had to do three times the amount of work to get to the same place or why was I not considered for this versus someone with objectively lower qualifications."

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