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athenaltena) wrote2011-10-18 01:52 pm
athenaltena) wrote2011-10-18 01:52 pm
D'oh!
One of the assignments in my CrimJ seminar is to interview a professional in the field, and a judge I know from Western Mass suggested I call his counterpart here in Suffolk County. So I looked the judge up and called the courthouse yesterday, leeft a message, and today got a callback from the judge’s clerk.
The judge’s first name is Leslie. You can probably guess where this is going. Yup, I asked if I could schedule an interview with her and then had the clerk say that she would connect me to his voicemail since he was in the Dorchester court that day.
Fuck.
In my defense the judge’s profile on Mass.gov does not give any clue as to his gender, nor does it have a photo, and I know more female Leslies than male Leslies. Still, my face must’ve gone beet red. It’s also confusing because with judges you always refer to them as “The Honorable Judge So-and-so” and most of the time you don’t even use a first name.
But I managed to get over my embarrassment long enough to leave a message asking for an interview, and I think I was pretty eloquent. Still, if I had Googled the name I would have seen that the first hit was an article talking about his work with juveniles.
I am going to tell this story in my class if only to help prevent another student from making the same mistake, and because despite my embarassment it is a funny story. I'm also pretty sure that the clerk is used to this since she sounded amused, so it probably happens a lot.
The judge’s first name is Leslie. You can probably guess where this is going. Yup, I asked if I could schedule an interview with her and then had the clerk say that she would connect me to his voicemail since he was in the Dorchester court that day.
Fuck.
In my defense the judge’s profile on Mass.gov does not give any clue as to his gender, nor does it have a photo, and I know more female Leslies than male Leslies. Still, my face must’ve gone beet red. It’s also confusing because with judges you always refer to them as “The Honorable Judge So-and-so” and most of the time you don’t even use a first name.
But I managed to get over my embarrassment long enough to leave a message asking for an interview, and I think I was pretty eloquent. Still, if I had Googled the name I would have seen that the first hit was an article talking about his work with juveniles.
I am going to tell this story in my class if only to help prevent another student from making the same mistake, and because despite my embarassment it is a funny story. I'm also pretty sure that the clerk is used to this since she sounded amused, so it probably happens a lot.
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