Last Week in addition to my usual office duties such as filing case information and going to hearings I finished one of the books that CASA uses as a training and informational tool for its volunteers. The book I read was called Lost Boy and it was written by Brent Jeffs who is a nephew of the former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The book detailed the abuse and neglect that the author suffered in the FLDS. For those who don't know the FLDS is the fundamentalist sect of the Mormon church which still continues to practice polygamy. I was very surprised to learn of how drastically polygamy affected the families within the church and the extent to which children in the church, especially young boys, were neglected and often forced our of their own families. It was a fascinating read and very eye opening in that it occurs in 21st century America. I would definitely recommend reading it.
This week I am looking forward to job shadowing a couple of attorneys and hopefully getting a good idea of what their day to day lives are like and hopefully some tips on law school as well.
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