📄️ Soft Skills
Here are some skills you will need, in addition to legal knowledge and understanding.
📄️ Be a Records Requester
Requesting government records is a great way for anyone to get comfortable with the basics of interacting effectively via paperwork. This will help you to be:
📄️ Be a Court Watcher
I know I've written about this multiple times already... @TODO: find and paste
📄️ Report Attorneys
You might have heard the phrase "bar grievance" or "she needs to be grieved"; this refers to the official complaint mechanism by which we the people submit a report of misconduct.
📄️ Report Judges
Judges are people, too. If you request records from a court clerk, you might come across some documents that indicate potential impropriety on the part of a judge. If you go sit in as a court watcher, you will most likely witness something that just doesn't seem right.
📄️ Report a Crime
Nobody is above the law. If you witness something that you believe is a criminal act, you have an ethical duty to report it.
📄️ Attend Administrative Meetings
City council meetings, county commissioner meetings...
📄️ Get a City Ordinance Citation
Don't get us wrong. We aren't saying you would purposely do things wrong, just to get your local city officials to cite you for violating something they have an ordinance about.
📄️ Congratulations!
You have just learned about some activities that you, as a learner, can take in order to familiarize yourself with the system, and get ready to move the needle.