She joined the force as a police officer soon after her high school graduation. After more than nine years on patrol on the streets of Philadelphia, and after completing her bachelor's degree as a part-time student at Temple majoring in criminal justice, she was promoted to the rank of sergeant. I wanted to learn how to litigate, so Temple was the perfect law school for me. Jacquie enjoyed the flexibility of the Evening Division, which allowed her to continue working while she attended law school. After the years she spent working on the street, law school classes helped her to become even more focused in her thoughts about criminal justice and her career plans.
Street crime is exploited by the media as the menace of society.
I personally feel that white collar crime has a more devastating and far-reaching effect than the kind of crime I addressed on the streets. Perhaps someday I'll be an assistant U.S. Attorney assigned to the white collar crime unit. At Temple, the prospective criminal lawyer has the benefit of an innovative trial advocacy curriculum and several criminal litigation clinicals, including the Death Penalty Litigation Clinical and the Health Care Fraud Clinical in the U.S. Attorney's office. In addition to these clinical opportunities, the experience of the Temple faculty enriches the criminal law curriculum. Temple faculty members serve on state and national law enforcement commissions, in the offices of federal and state prosecutors and public defenders, and as court-appointed counsel to criminal defendants.