You will compose a paper for this project.

Here are the minimum requirements for the project paper.

• Sources: Cited both within the body of the paper and on a references page. You must have at least 3 academic sources.

You will contact and arrange to interview one of the following courthouse actors: criminal court judge, court reporter, bailiff, clerk of courts, prosecutor, or defense attorney. You should plan the questions ahead of time.

During the interview, you should elicit information on the person's job responsibilities, what type of education/training they received for their position, how they came to be in that position, and interaction with other courthouse participants. Other possible questions could inquire about what the person likes best about their job and what they like least about their job. You should come up with additional questions to ask the person based on our course materials. The paper should synthesize the interviewee's responses and discuss how his/her responses reflect different themes from the course materials (such as due process, the courtroom workgroup, the adversary system, the roles of the courtroom actors, assembly-line justice, etc.).