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Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney
Once Homeless & Addicted To Heroin, New Jersey Man Sworn In As Attorney Graduating drug court in 2012 has been Landon Hacker's greatest accomplishment for the last several years. That changed on Wednesday, when he was sworn in as an attorney by state Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Stuart Rabner. If not for guidance from his own attorney in 2012, things may not have turned out this way for 33-year-old Hacker. "If you put everything you have into something, if you want something bad enough, anything is possible," Hacker said. Hacker -- who spent his nights under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in Camden --  was facing five years in prison after violating …

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by Cecilia Levine
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County Prosecutors Association Of NJ Offers Law School Scholarships County Prosecutors Association Of NJ Offers Law School Scholarships
County Prosecutors Association Of NJ Offers Law School Scholarships The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey is offering scholarships to law school students seeking careers as prosecuting attorneys, graduate students with a commitment to child advocacy and to police officers hoping to attend college or graduate school to advance their careers in law enforcement, Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina said in a press statement. The annual scholarships, each amounting to a one-year grant of $3,500, will be paid directly to the recipients, who will be selected by a committee that administers the County Prosecutors Assoc…

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by Jon Craig