Hatty the dog sworn-in paw first to US legal office; Job profile here

Illiis state attorney’s office in Chicago held an unusual swearing-in ceremony for a new employee. Why unusual? Because newly hired office staff is an orable, 2-year-old dog named Hatty, after hockey's hat-trick. Hatty is a Labror retriever and will be on a 9-to-5 office schedule. job profile of dog is simple and natural to most dogs – show affection to people.

What will Hatty do?

Hatty's job is to ease strain of criminal proceedings on young children and those with mental health issues who have been victims of assault. She’ll handle up to 200 cases annually. Hatty is office’s first emotional-support dog and was trained partly by inmates. She has big brown eyes and is joining second largest prosecutor's office in United States.

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Hatty was sworn into Cook County State's Attorney's Office on Tuesday, placing her right paw over a law book during ceremony. Attorney Kim Foxx presided over swearing-in. "We are proud to have a resource like Hatty to provide a source of comfort for victims as y navigate this difficult process," Cook County office said in a tweet.

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A better experience for victims and witnesses

"She's going to come help us with our victims and witnesses that may have some anxiety, trepidation, or nervousness about coming into court," said Kim Foxx. She said that purpose of this is to make  experience of such people more rapeutic. Foxx also opened up about her powerful personal story of sexual abuse as a child. "I can tell you, for years that I carried that trauma with me. So imagine coming to an institution where you don't kw people and it's t just a welcoming place. I want to bring that experience I've h to try to figure out how we can lessen that anxiety for ors."

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Kim Foxx said Hatty is intended to be a calming, stable force for people going through traumatic moments of ir lives. "I just really hope that it makes se children feel more comfortable, and build a quicker rapport and immediate rapport that we as humans, and specialists, and attorneys can't necessarily build as quickly as Hatty might be able to," said Stephanie Coelho, a sexual assault victim witness specialist. "It means world because se are very difficult cases. It empowers se children to take that stand and tell truth," said Jillian Anselmo, Assistant State Attorney.

(With AP inputs)

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