杰奎琳·雷克斯（15年），司法书记在美国地方法院，德克萨斯州南区

这位2015届毕业生在诉讼行业找到了自己的职业。

Jacquelyn Rex, a Class of 2015 graduate of 波士顿大学法学院, has kick-started her career with a clerkship for the Hon. Rolando Olvera, on the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville.

Rex的工作职责包括准备民事和刑事动议听证会和审前会议，准备刑事判决、审判和起草意见。 Her role is to ensure the judge is properly apprised of each case’s status, the relevant laws and regulations, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of parties’ positions.

雷克斯来自德克萨斯州和墨西哥边境的格兰德山谷，毕业于德克萨斯州农工大学，获得电信和新闻学学位。 她加入了“为美国而教”，并被安排到格兰德山谷军团。 For the next three years she taught elementary special education at her own elementary school.

在她教学的第三年，雷克斯对与教育残疾学生有关的各种政策和法律产生了兴趣。 Realizing she wanted to be among the decision makers for these policies and laws, she decided to apply to law school.

波士顿大学法学院是一个恰当的选择，雷克斯说：“波士顿大学法学院的教授一直在全国名列前茅，大学的临床项目和模拟法庭比赛提供了实践学习。” 波士顿大学法学院慷慨的经济资助使她实现了追求自己选择的法律教育的梦想。

虽然她对从德克萨斯州搬到波士顿感到担心，但她发现同龄人很友好，很受欢迎。 “我成为了更好的自己，因为我的同学们给我设定了一个非常高的标准，并激励我去达到它。”

波士顿大学法学院是如何发挥作用的

One of Rex’s most memorable experiences at BU Law was the 荷马·阿尔伯斯模拟法庭比赛, which required her to master international arbitration concepts and the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvement Act. After practicing for 18 hours a week on their opening statements and questioning each other on their respective issues, Rex felt both exhilarated and challenged at the finals, when they had the opportunity to argue before Judge Torruella (’57) of the First Circuit 上诉法院, Chief Judge Katzmann of the Second Circuit 上诉法院, and Judge Wilson of the Eleventh Circuit 上诉法院. “这种经历不是很多年轻律师还在法学院时就能拥有的！雷克斯说。

The 民事诉讼诊所 gave Rex the opportunity to work with clients, submit real motions and memoranda to the courts, and appear before judges and hearing officers. “我记得当我站在传真机前发送我的第一个动议时，我吓坏了。 But the clinic director, 罗伯特Burdick, had tremendous confidence in me,” reminisces Rex. “这个诊所是在一个安全的学习环境中获得真正法律经验的好方法。”

雷克斯说，波士顿大学法学院为学生提供了广泛的机会。 Through the 政府和公益校园访谈项目, she learned of an internship opportunity with the Office of the Solicitor (SOL), the litigation arm of US Department of Labor. 她和高级诉讼律师被安排在一个团队里，这些律师正在为六周后的职业安全与健康管理局举报人审判做准备。 她的任务是澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究和起草部分劳工部长的简报，编辑交叉询问的问题，并筛选工资单以计算损失。

她说：“能够做真正的‘一线’工作，承担如此高的风险，是实习中最有成就感的部分。”

在2014年秋季学期，Rex完成了美国马萨诸塞州地方法院法官Nathaniel Gorton的实习。 She learned to sharpen her legal reasoning, and drafted a memorandum and order for a habeas corpus case under his guidance.

The way forward

Although Rex originally pursued law school to learn about policy work, her experiences in the moot court competition, clinics, her internship with the SOL, and her externship with Judge Gorton led to her to litigation and positioned her well for her current role as a judicial law clerk.

雷克斯的目标很高，她计划在适当的时候成为美国检察官办公室的出庭律师。

一次又一次，她面临着法律不熟悉方面的挑战。 但她的法学院经历给了她探索新领域的信心。 她说：“我的工作中最有价值的部分，虽然听起来很老套，就是看到正义得到伸张。” “这让所有的辛苦工作和长时间的工作都值得。”

Reported by Indira Priyadarshini (COM’16).