352. On the Job with Catherine McNamara, Public Defender

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Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

"It’s terrifying. But I think that’s a good thing."

This week on the job, we're headed to the courtroom! Catherine McNamara is a public defender in Massachusetts — a job she says is often mischaracterized and misunderstood. So she's here to clear things up. Catherine talks about what makes her work hard, stressful, important, and rewarding, and talks about what it's like in the courtroom. She also talks about developing the confidence needed to be a litigator and trial attorney.

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0:00.0	The On The Job Series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith.
0:03.9	Go to Tracksmith.com slash On The Run and use code On The Run to get $15 off your next
0:09.6	Tracksmith purchase of $75 or more.
0:12.3	Welcome to The Alley On The Run Show.
0:18.6	I'm your host Allie Feller and this is The On The Job Series.
0:22.4	Every week on the job we hear from women who have cool, unique, interesting careers.
0:27.4	We learn about how they got into their fields and why.
0:30.4	We hear what their days are really like and we find out what makes their jobs exciting,
0:34.8	challenging and at times a little scary and a little stressful.
0:38.4	My goal with this series is to learn more about how women make work and running work in
0:42.6	tandem, especially when the work part of that equation includes, say, landing a rover
0:47.0	on Mars or working the night shift in an emergency room.
0:50.4	Today we are headed to the courtroom.
0:53.2	Katherine McNamara is a public defender in Massachusetts, a job that she loves and that she says
0:59.2	is often mischaracterized and misunderstood.
1:02.5	So let's understand it, shall we?
1:05.1	Katherine is, and I quote, super hyped about her job and while it's hard and stressful,
1:10.9	it's also important in rewarding.
1:12.9	So what does a public defender do in the courtroom and beyond?
1:16.8	And how many times a day does she get to yell, objection?
1:20.6	Let's find out.
1:23.6	So I wanted to open this with like a fun work room pun.
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