My internship is still not completely done. I will be starting a club that has to do with Law Day. In this club we will learn about your rights, jury duty, obligations, proper court language, mock trials, have guest speakers specifically lawyers, and help upcoming juniors who want to pursue a career in law get law internships. We want to start this as an afterschool club and then hopefully turn it into a 6th period. This is going to be sort of like an all year project because we want to run the club all of next year. We proposed our internship idea at our last staff meeting and all the lawyers seemed to love it. They said that we can count on them for anything and ask them questions if we are ever need help. Its great to have their support and I know that with their help we can create a club that will really benefit the students of High Tech High. At fist we didn't know what we wanted to do for our project because we felt like the City Attorney office had everything under control. Glen Googins which is the current City of Chula Vista Attorney who is our second mentor actually gave us the idea of starting a club. H has always had the dream of creating something that will influence the younger generation and hopefully inspire them to pursue a career in law. He just doesn't have the time to do this so he thought that with our help he could make this dream of his possible. I have always wanted to start a club but never knew what type of cub I should start. I will not only be help the City Attorney with his dream but also making my dream a reality. I want this club to start at High Tech but later travel to other High Tech Highs and maybe even travel to all of the school in the Sweetwater Union High School District. I think this club would be an awesome addition to our school. We would run it for a year but then pass it on to other student after we graduate, It would be a great feeling knowing that I left a piece of me at High Tech. It would be so awesome to come back an visit High Tech once I'm in college and see that my club is still there. It would be the coolest thing ever to say " Wow I started this!"
UNFORGETTABLE My view of life beyond high school has defiantly changed during this internship because it made me realize that I am really going to miss high school when I graduate. Dong get me wrong the attorney office is a great place to be at but high school is overall more fun because I get to see my friends everyday. But this internship defiantly showed me that if you have a job that you honestly love, going to work everyday will be enjoyable. Here at the attorney office, everyone is so organized and even though I consider myself an organized person I would love to be even more and just as organized as the lawyers. Organization will make your life easier and as a lawyer you need to know where every thing is at because everything literally everything important her. This internship has defiantly influenced the direction of my life because it showed me that I do in fact want to become a lawyer in the future. This internship was an amazing experience and something I will never forget. The people here were some of the nicest people I have ever met and I will defiantly miss everyone at the City of Chula Vista Attorney Office. They all work so hard and inspire me in so many ways! Coming into this internship I felt like I was prepared. High Tech has given me and helped with my public speaking skills, organization, communication,, responsibility, and independence. These skills are very useful to have here at the attorney office because these are skills that are used on a daily basis here. If I were at a regular high school I wouldn't have these skills that I have today. Coming into this internship I wasn't scared because I knew I had what it took to be a great intern. Here at the attorney office they have weekly staff meeting on Mondays. Yesterday our mentor told us last minute that Caro and I had to prepare a presentation about any topic that we wanted. I personally thought that he was kidding at first because I would think that he would give us more time to present. We ended up giving our presentation on our internship project. To be co completely honest the presentation went better than I expected. Yes it was last minute but everyone said we did a great job. The public speaking skills that we have gained throughout the years at High Tech really helped us for the better during this situation.
I personally feel like I made a positive contribution to this workspace because I helped and completed any thing that had to get done. I also strongly believe that my project to start up a club that focuses on law is something that will positively affect the attorney office. This is something that the City Attorney has always wanted to do but frankly does not have enough time to organize it. This club is his idea ad we are partnering up with him to make this happen. Hopefully this club starts off at High tech High Chula Vista and later grows to other schools in the Chula Vista School District. We want this to live on even after we graduate. But overall I feel like I have been a positive addition to the group of interns because I have worked hard these past 4 weeks and hopefully my mentors notice this. My work as an intern has been meaning to my education in so many ways. I have worked on assignments here at the attorney office that have rally made e thing. Law isn't an easy subject because in order to prove something you have to have evidence to back your answer up. This internship has made me a better researcher and has helped with my context clue skills. This internship has also helped realized that I do in fact want to be a lawyer. I'm glad that I realized that now, at such a young age and its all thanks to this internship. As of right now I feel like things are going very well .I am very comfortable here and I am sad that its going to be over in 2 weeks. When I first got here I wanted to be an intern that the office could trust and an intern that always completed their task at their greatest ability. I feel like I have done a great job at doing this and my mentors have already told Caro and I that we are doing an awesome job. I have showed them what I am capable of but I want to push myself and show not only them but also myself that I am capable of even more. I hope that when I leave I will be an mentor that they remember. These next two weeks are going to go just as fast as the last two. I will defiantly miss the attorney office and I wish internship was at least two months because 1 month goes by way too fast. I hope that I am doing everything that I can and I hope mentors have realized that I am capable of producing some great work.
I came into this internship wanting to find out if law was actually the right career for me. I really do like the whole "attorney office" environment and feel like I would love to do this in the future. At times I do feel like being a lawyer can get very stressful but every job is like that and if I enjoy my job, then the stress would be worth it. It can get very quiet her at times which maybe would be a problem for me because I love socializing, laughing, and talking to others. But yet again maybe its so quite where I work because I am he intern office and know one wants to talk and be known as the "annoying intern." But the actual lawyers have their own offices and have meetings all the time. So they are always communicating and working with lawyers. Lawyers main job is to help other people with there's problem. The main reason why I want to be a lawyer is because I want to be the person that changed someone's people life. I don't know what type of lawyer I want to be yet but as of right now I want to pursue a career in immigration law. I want to be the person that reunites families, the person that helps people from all around the world., the person that gives these people hope and reminds them that their problem can get resolved.
As or right now I'm still trying to figure out what exactly I want to do for my project. I feel like the attorney office runs very well and there aren't really any huge changes that have to be made. Caro and I were talking Glen Googins the City Attorney which is practically our second mentor and he said that he was working with our mentor Diem on a possible project for the two of us. He was thinking that Caro and I could possible start a class at High Tech. We haven't gone over many details but I think that would be an awesome idea and possibly project. In order for this to be a successful project we would need the support of our school as well as our mentors. I know that they would support us if we have a solid plan and if the class would benefit the entire school. I am looking forward to seeing where this "idea" will go and I know that it will turn out great. I want to create a project that will help many and a class would do just that!
Mentor Interview
1. What exactly do you do to contribute to this organization? 2. When did you decide that you wanted to study law? 3. If you could chose one word to describe yourself what would it be and why? 4. How was the transition from high school to college, and then from college to law school. 5. What was the best and worst part about college/law school? 6. What branches of law were you interested in and what made you decide on this one? 7. How hard is it to maintain the balance between being a lawyer and being there for your family? 8. What do you hate doing, within your job, but you know it has to be done? 9. What do you like to live by whether its a quote, motto, following the footsteps of someone you look up to? 10. How do you think you'd be described as a high school student? Mentor #1: Diem 1. Primarily in charge of budget, legal documents, continuous improvement manager 2. She didn't study law, UC Santa Cruz - Bachelor's Degree in Community Development, Has worked for a total of 15 years, but she's only been at the City Attorney Office for a year 3. Balanced , general philosophy: It gets harder as you grow older 4. Rotary scholarship , moved to France for 9 months, grew up in Arizona, easy transition to college, manageable, moved to Mexico for a year, taught 2nd/4th grade, graduated college 1995, moved to San Diego after she graduated college, Lucky to have a job where she is able to use the skills she gained from college 5. Good: Lots of best parts, campus is beautiful, fun hippie vibe, lived in west side of the campus, soccer, cool town, friends, people are great, Bad: Clothing optional, naked people, tore ACL at soccer game 6. Thought she would focus on International Policies, obsessed with NAFTA, lots of presentations, always has been socially stable, lots of freedom, easy to get lost, so much great stuff to test out in college (taste all the different types of waters), favorite class was Statistics 7. Work 80%, daughter is 9 years old, have many own personal interests, dedicate time to do things that you like, focus, try to get a good split (30, 30, 30), leave a little left over time for things that pop up 8. Don't like to micromanage others, busy work, silly things are annoying, emails, doesn't like to nag but sometimes it necessary to do 9. ' Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed, its the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Mead Looks up to her, Social Anthropologist, Pioneer, first women to look at the different cultures, thoughtful perspective on the world 10. Outgoing, nerdy brainy classes, played club and high school soccer, balanced, into Social Justice, orchestra, politics, 25 years high school reunion coming up 11. Cycling, racing, fun, started triathlon in 1999, piano lessons with daughter, love music, helps calm her down, focus because things get crazy and you need to find things that relax you AMAZING As of right now I don't have any questions. This week we mainly helped with the preparation of a Brown Act workshop that they were having at the City of Chula Vista City hall. I feel that overall the school has prepared me very well for this internship. At High Tech they teach us to be independent and try to figure things out on your own. Here at my internship this is a very important skill because they give us work and trust that we know how to do. I have only been here for 4 days but I have already learned so much. At High Tech we use Google drive for practically everything but here at the attorney office they use Microsoft Word. I was able to adapt to the change easily because I have used Microsoft Word a lot in the past. Every day is a new experience. Yesterday we had a new law school intern show up and she was full of energy. It was her second to last day and she said " If there's one piece of advise that I could give you its this. You get out whatever you put into this." That really stayed in my mind because it is so accurate. In order for me to get a positive experience I have to be the one that makes it a positive. I am responsible of my actions and no one else can make this a memorable experience other than me. During this internship I hope to strengthen my computer skills. I have never really been good at the whole technology thing but everything we do on this internship requires a computer. Being able to do things on a computer is a necessary skill to have and I know that by interning here for month my computer skill will be really good towards the end.. As of right now my parents drive me to internship. Its only about a 15 minute drive which is very covenant, but my mom having to drive me to and from internship has made me realize how much I actually need to drive now. If I had my license I would be able to drive to internship and it would make things a lot easier on my parents. Caro and I are interning at the same place, so we are working on hopefully carpooling in the future. I am extremely happy here at my internship and I am so fortunate for this opportunity. Overall, internship is awesome. everyone is so welcoming and friendly. They always greet me with a warm smile and I feel safe there. Yesterday they introduced me to the staff at their weekly staff meeting. There's a mixture of personalities and I have gotten the chance to meet some amazing people. So far I have met Terri, Joyce, Cheryl, Mike, Chance, Simon, Janice, David, and my mentor Diem. She is honestly the sweetest person and I am so fortunate to have her as my mentor. I also have the opportunity to work with the city attorney Glen Googins, which has been a great experience as well. He actually took us out to eat to Chipotle today. We talked about a problem that he assigned us, school, our dreams, and college. Overall it was a great talk. I know that this will be an unforgettable experience and I am beyond happy that I get to intern at the city hall. These 4 weeks are going to be so much fun and I know that I will learn a lot by being here. I don't want to let my mentor down and I will complete the work assigned to me to my greatest ability! |
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