Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at my mentor's law firm called Hafif and Associates.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

Cindy Hafif, my mentor, is a Personal Injury lawyer. She has been in this work for years and became successful enough to run a law firm.

3.   How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

I have done 26 mentorship hours during the school year so far, along with 19.5 summer mentorship hours. I have also completed 26 hours for my independent component one.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

I have learned how to make a case, file a case, destruct a case file. I learned my mentor's tips and tricks on how to stay neat and organized for all the paperwork that is required in Personal Injury cases. I've gotten to sit in meditations, depositions, and court trials. I plan on doing all that I can do in learning new things with my mentor and attending more of these meetings.

Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship

My mentor is in the middle and her daughter is on the right.

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

Cindy Hafif
(909) 291-2439
Executive Law Offices, LLC

2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?

Cindy Hafif is an extraordinary woman with her bachelors in business and doctrine in law. Mrs. Hafif is an Experienced Accident Lawyer. She owns and runs her own law firm called Executive Law Offices.

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.

How would I be able to get in a law practice?
How can I be a successful lawyer?
What does it take and what are the expenses to start a law firm?

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained from this summer mentorship is that it takes compassion and dedication to become successful in anything in life. Over my hours of mentoring, I witnessed the hard work my mentor put into her career. Mrs. Hafif was always working on a case, never off the phone, and made sure everyone was happy before she left for home that day. She puts all this hard effort into her career because “it’s what I love to do” says Mrs. Hafif. I have learned whatever I stumble upon in life, I must put in all my compassion and dedication into it if I want the best results.

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.

My senior project is going to be in law. I’m not sure what field of law yet, but I will make my decision as my mentorship progresses. The mentorship helped me make my decision because I spent most my hours at a mediation, which was quite interesting. The mediation showed me a different aspect of law and made me want to learn more. The other part of my hours was working with my mentor’s secretary and I got to learn how to communicate with prospective clients.