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Submitted to Contest #293
“Barbara, we’re late! We’re supposed to be back in court for jury selection in 20 minutes!”It was 1994 and this was my first jury trial at the Department of Justice. I was so nervous, but also excited. Thankfully, my experienced co-counsel was my supervisor, Barbara. We were over-prepared and ready to go. We traveled from Sacramento to Kings County for a three week employment discrimination trial. We had bottled water and lots of snacks from Trader Joe’s, as well as dozens of Manila file folders and cardboard boxes stuffed with documents jam...
Submitted to Contest #292
Maggie jubilantly donated every single business suit she owned to the local women’s shelter after she retired and pledged to never again wear uncomfortable clothes that made her feel disguised. She recently retired after 35 years of soul-deadening work as a government lawyer. She had always dreamed of having an impact on the world in some significant way and now was finally her time.Maggie initially quite contentedly played Wordle and computer bridge for hours by herself. She then threw herself into learning how to play pickleball in hopes t...
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