{"id":262,"date":"2017-09-26T15:47:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/appreciation\/?p=262"},"modified":"2017-09-26T15:47:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T15:47:04","slug":"detrek-jones-army-veteran-future-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/vetlife\/appreciation\/detrek-jones-army-veteran-future-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Detrek Jones: Army Veteran, Future Lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"DetrekDetrek Jones, ’16<\/span>Faith is an integral part of Detrek Jones\u2019 life. It\u2019s one of the reasons he wants to become a lawyer. So is helping others find their voice. \u201cI want to advocate for people who can\u2019t speak for themselves,\u201d said Jones. The University of Washington Tacoma senior graduates in June with a degree in politics, philosophy, and economics.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old started his undergraduate work at a community college in his native California. He met his wife in school which changed his life in more ways than one. She applied and got into UW Tacoma\u2019s master of social work program. As it so happened, Detrek wanted to major in PP&E and UW Tacoma is one of the few schools on the West Coast that offers it as a major. As he has pursued his studies, he has also written for The Ledger, the student newspaper, and worked as a student mentor in the academic advising office.<\/p>\n

Jones is working on an application for the Washington State Bar Association\u2019s Admission to Practice Rule 6 Law Clerk Program. This unique, four-year program, an alternative to law school, will allow Jones to work with a lawyer or judge with at least 10 years of active experience. Afterwards, Jones will be able to take the Washington State Bar Exam.<\/p>\n

An Army veteran, Jones wants to use his experience to help others. He served as a prison guard at Fort Leavenworth and got to know some of the inmates. \u201cA lot of their environments that they grew up in are similar to the one I grew up in,\u201d said Jones. \u201cI got to know that they\u2019re not that different from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In between graduation and starting his journey to become a lawyer, Jones is taking graduate level courses from an online seminary. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be here without my faith,\u201d said Jones. \u201cSituations change and always having something to fall back on is very comforting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Detrek Jones, ’16Faith is an integral part of Detrek Jones\u2019 life. It\u2019s one of the reasons he wants to become a lawyer. So is helping others find their voice. \u201cI want to advocate for people who can\u2019t speak for themselves,\u201d said Jones. The University of Washington Tacoma senior graduates in June with a degree…<\/p>\n

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