
Jacki Payne
Managing Attorney
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Marietta, GA USA
“What good have I done today? Always think positively about your life and how you can help.”
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
Marietta, GA USA
“What good have I done today? Always think positively about your life and how you can help.”
Managing Attorney
I'm the managing attorney of the kinship care unit of a nonprofit law firm.
Here's the first step for college students
In preparation for the LSAT, I suggest taking some philosophy classes and practicing logic models. That's what helped me get through the hurdle of preparing myself for a test that wasn't constructed for me, a Black woman. If you're not interested in going into law, there are many other avenues into public service. You can be a legislative advocate or a legislator without being an attorney. Make sure you consider those alternate paths to helping people.
"When are you going to start taking on paying clients? You can make more money doing private practice."
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