Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

I am mentoring at my mentors law firm. I am somewhat shadowing my mentor. Sometimes I will just follow my mentor around and see what she is doing, and other times my mentor will give me a task to do such as helping her with cases. I also help her paralegal and do work with her in cases. All these tasks are related to my topic because all the cases are personal injury. Yes there are many lawyers that work in her law firm, such as her paralegal.

2. How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

My mentor is a family friend and all I did was ask her and she said sure no problem, as long as I am willing to work.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

I would say I am very comfortable with my mentor, but I have a professional relationship with her in a way. I’ve grown to really respect my mentor with what she does because she puts in so many hours, with hard work, and really loves what she does.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

My mentor has been really busy these past two weeks and hasn’t really had any time to be interviewed. But, my mentor was willing to do a short interview with me. I need to work on thinking of follow up questions under pressure. When I’m being recorded I get nervous and I can’t ever think of follow up questions.

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

I do currently have a mentor, Personal Injury lawyer, Cindy Hafif, and I already have completed the interview.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.  

I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to narrow down my topic to because it is already narrowed down. What I have been thinking is:

How can a lawyer make a client happy and give them what they deserve in their case? This can be narrowed down to professionalism, executing a case as fast as possible so there won’t be stress on the client, trustworthiness, and truth.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

I will next go to the law library near my mentors firm and pick up books about my topic. This will help me get reliable and updated information about my topic.

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

Some possible essential questions I have been thinking about are:

How does a personal injury lawyer ensue the best outcome/overall satisfaction of their client?

How can a personal injury lawyer earn trust with their client, remain professional, and execute their job with quality and results the fastest?

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I plan on attending my mentor’s mediations and depositions. These usually go on from 4-5 hours. Depending on how long they are I should attend from 4-6 of them. The rest of my hours, probably the remaining 5-10 hours will be writing up on what happens during the mediations and depositions.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

To show my evidence, I will log all my hours on the blog and will write up a “summary” of what is said during the mediations or depositions. I have summary in quotes because I need to talk to my mentor on seeing what I can make public and what I cannot.

3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Hopefully during these mediations and depositions I will be attending will let me expand on what happens in the field of law and what can be thrown around. I will be experiencing this live and be able to start figuring out what I like about it and what I dislike. I get to learn about people’s lives and it’s all very exciting and different.

4. Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Sounds good and I will keep on it.