Blog 4: Interview Preperation

1. I plan to interview my grandmother, she is a librarian at my old elementary school, the reason why I plan to interview her is because she has lived for quite some time and she seems to stay in touch with certain topics, law being one of them. With her wide range of experience she might give me good information for the foundation of my topic.

2. I won't ask too many additional questions; most likely three.

What comes to mind when you think of negligence law?

What significant events have you seen that relates to negligence law?

What personal events have you encountered that ties into negligence?

Bonus August Blog

From the show and tell on Friday I learned that Claire could do her independent component by taking a language course. What I've been thinking of doing for my independent component is taking a law course at Cal Poly since I'm a young scholar. I haven't found an open class yet but there is a class that does not require prerequisites that is not currently open because they do not have an instructor for the course yet. As soon as there is an instructor I am going to work as hard as possible to get that class.

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Working EQ

1. My topic is negligence law

2. My EQ might be somewhere along the lines of "What does a negligence lawyer need to do to build a strong case?"

Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1. Mentorship Log

2. Place of work Berman Berman Berman Schneider and Lowary LLC in Riverside (951-682-8300)

3. Will I ever have time for a personal life?
Am I resourceful enough for this type of career?
Does this career require me to have a great memory and think on my toes?

4.  I learned one crucial thing about lawyers, they have to be resilient and think on your toes. This is important because without these skills lawyers would not be able to successfully win many court cases. Also it teaches you to think well under pressure when given a terrifying problem you can easily and quickly solve it.

5. I believe that this will be my topic, business law, I genuinely enjoyed working with business lawyers because they show many great characteristics and make a very decent living. I might not have done a lot but I learned a lot just from observing.

Senior Presentaions

The senior presentations that I saw varied. I saw presentations that ranged from animal adoptions, to biofuels. Some questions that i would like to ask is more along the lines of the project in general. For instance I would like to get a head start on what I would have to do, and I heard from every senior that they had independent components. What are the independent components? That is really the only question that I have for the seniors. The most important thing that I saw from the presentations is preparation. I saw many presentations where they seemed so nervous and unprepared that they made they're presentation very unprofessional. More along the lines of what I would like to do with my project, I would actually really like to go into negligence law or personal injury. I really enjoy civil law more than criminal because it's not proving who's guilty but whether or not someone is due compensation based on their situation. I really enjoy law in general, it always peaked my interests. Now currently I am looking into local law firms that could be in need of an intern for the summer. So far I have not received anything back yet, but, lawyers are generally busy. Soon enough I should hear back.