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You have decided you want to be a public defender. How do you decide if it is right for you? Check all that apply.

Meet with a public defender to learn more about the obligations and opportunities of the position.

Research the needs of indigent criminal defense involving people living at the margins of society.

Be a good listener and an advocate of the mission embodied in the Sixth Amendment.

Read Gideon v. Wainwright and about Sir William Garrow on "innocent until proven guilty."