How do you find an internship?

<p>I'm thinking of interning in a law office but I have a quick ?. Would it be wrong to send a letter saying I'm interested in learning more about law, etc, w/ a resume to a bunch of law firms in the same area? Or would I be better off waiting to hear back from the first one at the risk that I get multiple job offers, and have to turn people down? I'm new at this stuff so I'm not sure what to do, but I think sooner is better then later and if I want to intern this summer I better start finding an internship soon :) Thanks.</p>

<p>Email and mail as many as possible. Trust me dont expect to have a crowd of law firms lining at your feet asking you to join. High schoolers are pretty much useless at law firms ;). I had an internship last year and that was after some serious work. I was like the only high school intern there. Maybe the case will be different with you as NYC is pretty competitive.</p>

<p>Thanks for the priceless info! How many did you actually contact b4 u got one, just curious.</p>

<p>Around 5 or so places. Then I just focused in on one that I found the most interesting. I saw a place on my schools bulliten board about a place that was even paying high school interns. But I have no idea what the name of it was.</p>