A career as a lawyer.

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Karine Corriveau

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Word count: 1525

Choice count: 30

Section count: 20

Image count: 20

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis:

Law/Paralegal-Technology : 49 matches (accused, appointment, arrest, arrested, Article, assault, attorney, Bar Association, Bar, case, Child, client, complaint, corruption, court, courthouse, crimes, criminal, Crown, director, drugs, family, guilty, harassment, hire, issue, judge, justice, law firm, law, lawyer, living, minor, misconduct, murder, not guilty, notice, offer, office, paralegal, penal, power, prosecutor, reputation, schedule, Sexual, street, trial, value)

Tourism : 24 matches (Alcohol, Association, Benefits, Client, Employee, Event, Extra, Glass, Hotel, Human, Opportunity, Party, Resources, Restaurant, apartment, appointment, bar, event, hotel, media, report, sea, sitting, stand)

Business : 16 matches (file, appointment, benefits, client, employee, firm, gain, meeting, money, offer, office, opportunity, salary, team, technology, value)

Target Structure:

getting sucked up in (1 match)

HR (3 matches)

internship (3 matches)

misconduct (1 match)

sexual harassment (1 match)

thoughtful (1 match)

undermine (1 match)

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A career as a lawyer.

graduation

You just graduated from the Bar association of Quebec.

You finally gradated from the Canadian Bar Association. Congratulation! After those 3 year studying Paralegal Technology at Ahuntsic College, 3 years of university at McGill University and one year studying for the Canadian Bar Association exam, you are finally a lawyer and your dream can come true. Now, you have to choose between two careers.

Choice 1 : Take the job in the defense Attorney firm.

Choice 2 : Take the job in a courthouse to be a crown prosecutor.

justice

A career as a defense Attorney.

You are hired in a prestigious lawyer firm to work as a defense attorney. In this law firm, the salary is very advantageous ($300,000 / year). In addition, you can become a recognized lawyer in Canada if you stand out. You will have to defend defendants who have committed offenses against the laws or regulations of the country. These accused may have committed major crimes such as murder or only minor crimes such as traffic offenses. You start working at this office and after two weeks an employee invites you to go to dinner.

Choice 1 : You accept the invitation

Choice 2 : You refuse the invitation

date

It is date time.

It's finally the evening of your appointment, you are very excited and you have thought all week. He picks you up at your apartment and takes you to a very expensive and luxurious restaurant. You spend a very nice evening together. When you arrive at the office the next day your superior is sitting in your office, and he threatens to fire you if you see this man again.

Choice 1 : You tell him you're going to see the HR if he's still threatening you.

Choice 2 : you tell him you're sorry and he says it will not happen again

meeting

A meeting with HR.

Your boss has not been very happy that you confront him, and he begins to shout insults. You decide that enough is enough and you that you are not getting sucked up in this situation you set a meeting with the human resources. You make a complaint and the HR decides to fire him because it's not the first time he does a misconduct. They hire a new boss who finds you thoughtful and who has confidence in you. He gives you a case of a shooting in Montreal North.

Choice 1 : You take the case.

Choice 2 : You tell him that you are too busy to take it.

Hotel

Triple murder in a shootout.

After accepting the file, you have a meeting with the client. You notice that he wears gold chains and looks like a street gang. He offers you a bribe of $1 million to offer to the judge at his trial.

Choice 1 : You refuse the bribe.

Choice 2 : You accept it and offer it to the judge at the trial.

judge

Corruption in Court.

Now is the day of the trial, you go to the judge's office just before the trial and you give him a brown envelope. The accused is found not guilty by the judge. Unfortunately, the criminal you were defending was actually in a street gang. They threaten you so that you always defend them when they have problems with justice. What will you do?

Choice 1 : You run to the cops.

Choice 2 : You accept to defend them to make more money.

police

The arrest.

You go directly to the police station to file a complaint. They take the issue very seriously. Moreover, several members of this street gang were wanted by the authorities for several crimes such as selling drugs, murder, assault, etc. There is a big police operation, and they are all arrested and put in prison. You made the right choice to report to the police. You can now continue to choose your cases.

Choice 1 : Try again!

sexual harrasment

An insistent colleague.

Your colleague is not used to being told no, and he does not take it so well. He insists on having a date with you even if you do not want to. He approaches you and puts a hand on your thigh.

Choice 1 : You quickly remove his hand from your thigh.

Choice 2 : You let him do it.

girl power

Girl power.

You are not happy at all and you talk to him a lot to tell him that it is sexual harassment, and he should not be here. You undermine it and ruin its reputation. Good job! Thanks to you the other girls will be wary of him, and they will not live the same situation as you.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Human resources

We say no to the threats.

You should not let yourself be threatened like that, even if it's your superior. You had to see human resources to solve the problem and take steps to ensure that it does not happen again.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Murderer

Decisions always have consequences.

Your boss looks disappointed because it's a file that could have made a lot of money in the office, but hey it's not more serious than that. You finish your day and go to your place. You prepare your dinner and you sit down to relax in the living room. You go to your bed to fall asleep. Around 3 a.m., you hear a sound of broken glass, but you stay half asleep. Finally, it is the client who has committed a shooting that is there to kill you.

Choice 1 : You are dead, try again!

Psycho

A psychopath.

Bad idea. The criminal is a crazy psychopath and does not like to be told no. Even if that was what had to be done politically morally, the criminal kills you on the spot.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Angry

You are a disappointment.

There is an article in the media saying that you represent this street gang. Your family is learning it, and she is very disappointed with you and your actions. Your parents are ashamed that their child represents criminals like these.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Crown prosecutor

A career as a crown prosecutor.

You are really happy to become a crown prosecutor and to defend fundamental values of the country. Since you were a hardworking student with great marks, you have a lot of job offers from several courthouses. You have to choose between working in Montreal or in Sherbrooke.

Choice 1 : Montreal

Choice 2 : Sherbrooke

Montreal

Life in Montreal.

You start working as a prosecutor in the Montreal office and you love it. You get along very well with the team, you like the schedule and you like the work you have to do. You feel that you are really in the right place. Passion is a really important value because the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions fear dead-end jobs. Because of that, your boss offer to you to do an extra internship abroad to enable you to gain knowledge benefits.

Choice 1 : It is a great opportunity, you accept it for sure!

Choice 2 : You prefer to stay in Montreal and to build your adult life.

Sherbrooke

Life in Sherbrooke.

Your favorite cases are those in which there are serious crimes, which happens more often in Montreal. Plus, Montreal's lifestyle is much more festive and enjoyable for someone your age. Montreal is definitely a better choice.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Love story

A love story.

You stay in Montreal because you want to establish your adult life and to raise money. During these few months, you met a very interesting man in a meeting. You start to see him and you fall in love with him. You two stays together forever and live happy ever after.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Thailand

An intership abroad.

They sent you to Bangkok, Thailand, to do your internship. You meet people with whom you get along really well, and they become your friends quickly. They invite you to join them for the Full moon party, a very popular event in Thailand where people dance and drink alcohol all night.

Choice 1 : You join them

Choice 2 : You stay at your hotel

Full Moon party

A night you will always remember.

The evening at the Full Moon party is one of the most beautiful nights of your life. You have a lot of fun You are very grateful to be here. This evening lasts 24 hours. Your friends and you drink alcohol, dance, you swim in the sea, you sit around the fire. In short, everything is perfect and you weave very strong links with these people.

Choice 1 : Try again!

Hotel

A night you will always regret.

T Your friends go to the Full moon party without you and they post several photos on social networks. You think it really looks fun and you regret your choice. You regret having stayed at the hotel because the evening is boring. You realize that your internship is important, but that it is also important to take advantage of the present moment.

Choice 1 : Try again!

The End.