<p>Well, it really depends on how much responsibility she wants to give you. For example, last summer I interned at a federal district courthouse in downtown LA for a judge there. Originally, I just was photocopying/filing, but after a week he put me to work writing case summaries. In other words, he gave me stacks and stacks of cases, a format to write in, and said, "read these cases, write up a 2 paragraph summary, fill out the important info like case number, who the defendant/plaintiff are, and the hearing date, and then email the summaries to me before the hearing date so that I can read them beforehand and prep myself for the hearing." And I also got to sit in on the hearings and watch the proceedings every Monday.</p>
<p>So I got lucky: I had a great experience working directly with cases, in the courtroom, and with the judge. One factor that may have contributed to this, though, is that I was the only high school student interning there. The rest of the interns were law students, so the judge/research attornies were used to putting more responsibility on the interns. So it really depends on your employer.</p>
<p>Wow! You were lucky! This lawyer, Jodi Lopez, is somewhat obscure. I mean, she doesn't have a website and there's only her name and phone number in the yellow pages. Our convo. on the phone was kind of abrupt, so I didn't get to hear much about her firm. Still looking though.</p>
<p>Okay! I'm done with all my work. My cover letter's great, my resume sparkling. Too bad I'm so excited that I can't sleep (it always happens before important days like interviews and competitions)...</p>
<p>Once agan, thank you, makemehappy! This is going to be good...</p>
<p>Thanks. So it's done. And I'm not feeling very confident...</p>
<p>When my dad picked me up early from school today, he told me, "There's no interview today. The lawyer's at court. You need to call her secretary". He then says, "That law office is really easy to find. I'll show you where it is". And he drives me there, and suggests that I go set up another appointment with the lawyer's secretary. So I go in there, and I see this cheerful lady who immediately recognizes my voice and goes into another room. She makes some phone calls, and I discover that she is in fact the lawyer, who isn't in court like she's supposed to be. I came in there just to set up an appointment with the secretary, so I didn't bring my resume or my cover letter. I didn't know my interview was actually not cancelled, so I didn't dress up. Sure, I was wearing nice shoes and a blouse, but the blue jeans kind of ruined it. </p>
<p>I pretty much told her everything I had on my resume. Sure, my GPA and class rank impressed her, but when she asked me about band and I told her "it was never affordable for my family", I started to lose confidence. See, she's the kind of mom who has her kids involved in everything, and I think my chances went down when I mentioned that I wasn't involved in much, even after I explained that my mother works full time and my dad's a full time college student. Sure, she had me write down my contact information, but I don't think I was that good. It might have seemed to her that I wasn't prepared... Anyway, she told me that there was going to be another attorney working with her, and she would have to talk to him when it concerned me and my desired internship. If I do get this internship, I'll most likely be working for him. But I doubt it. So far I'm just a cliche nobody.</p>
<p>I'll just have to wait and see. And if that new attorney has an interest in me, I will most certainly hand him my resume and cover letter. But maybe I have to pray.</p>
<p>*And I learned that I need to strengthen my handshakes.</p>
<p>Hark.........you thought fast, on your feet & anybody who would hold it against you that you aren't in a lot of expensive afterschool activities??? You wouldn't want to work for them. Have confidence, be proud you pulled it off and hang in there.......waiting is the hardest part.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reassurance. Nah, I can stand the wait. For me, the hard part is receiving the phone call of rejection, or even worse, no response at all.</p>
<p>Yes. He got a message today from the secretary that my interview was cancelled because the lawyer had to go to court (probate case). He told me to stop by the law office anyway and set up an alternative appointment with the secretary, but so happens she wasn't there and I ended up immediatlely talking with the lawyer. No resume. No cover letter. They were in the car. Didn't know I would indeed need them today. Don't know if I'll get the internship, but it's alright if I don't. There's always Roy Richard's firm on the street right next to it.</p>
<p>That is what I thought, so did your interviewer not have a copy sent by you ahead of time? I guess that is puzzling me. I think you should have sent one in or brought it back to the office, from the car, as soon as your impromptu interview was over.</p>
<p>No. She just said she wanted to talk to me and see if "I was interested in her and if she was interested in me". It wasn't too horrid though. It's just the resume and the band thing that's been irking me. Hopefully that other attorney will call me and I'll have a chance to redeem myself.</p>
<p>Okay. Provided that this is a "law office with the appearance of a dainty trailer home", I now do not think that my lack of paperwork will be that detrimental to my chances. She has three other interns from the other high school, though.</p>
<p>Freebie. I don't think high school students get paid for law office internships, unless it's part of a work study program.</p>
<p>"all the more reason she will choose you from the alternate high school."</p>
<p>What do you mean? Are you saying that perhaps she'll accept me because I'm not one of those girls from the other high school? The other interns are returning... I'm the only newbie.</p>