It is July 22. One full month until classes start up again. Honestly, this summer absolutely flew by. Between the world cup (with my city being one of the host cities, there was ALWAYS something going on), internships, moving, putting my dogs into training together, getting sick like three times, being concussed, the weekly cycle…
It’s mid July. Seventy-five percent of the way through my summer internship. And I’m writing this while sitting in a meeting where the partners and paralegals are talking and us clerks are understanding each word individually…..but like not in the aggregate. They’re speaking sentences, in English, and I know what each word means, but as…
HOW did I already manage to mess up my posting schedule??? Every Wednesday. That’s my goal. Yet I missed last week. Okay, so that is definitely hypothetical. Fun fact, I missed last week because I got a concussion while moving into a new apartment. Except the concussion wasn’t even moving related, it was when I…
Just kidding. Kind of. I’m at a plaintiff’s litigation firm. However, in this case, we were defense. The client was a past client of ours, and the claim brought against him was frivolous. Absolutely had no grounds to it. Anyway, we were set for a bench trial. I had been working with a partner and…
You know that SpongeBob meme where he’s all shiny and rounded and looks so uncomfy and polished? Yeah, that one. That’s how it feels being a summer clerk/associate/intern after 1L. Like my first day I walked in, three days after my last final, and was given a list of things to do, including some research…
Okay. Real talk. The 1L curve SUCKS. And I have never felt more dumb in my entire life. Everyone says it. But it’s true. It is so insanely difficult to go from doing so well, staying ahead of the curve, then boom, one grade ruins everything. And for me, that grade was Con Law. Unfortunately,…
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