No longer a 1L, not yet a JD
I’ll approach the on campus interviews a lot different this fall.
I’m enjoying my summer clerkships. Heck, I’m exactly halfway through the first one! And in just three short weeks, I’ve learned quite a bit. I’ve learned that people in the media get sued a lot for reporting the news. I’ve learned that lawyers love to eat lunch at greasy spoons that make your nice new suits smell like fry grease. I’ve learned to get over feeling like a jerk when I hand off nauseatingly mundane jobs to secretaries. After attending a few minor court sessions, I’ve learned that I have some classmates who are going to kick some serious adversarial ass in the real world (where do they get some of these guys?). I’ve learned that law is a TINY frickin’ community where everyone knows everyone such that you can’t burp in Birmingham without lawyers in Mobile knowing what you had for breakfast.
Yep, so many lessons. Heck, I’ve even learned that it’s good to go put in a token appearance on a Saturday at the office, not because you have to, but to earn cred points with the folks whose lives now are addicted to it. Finally, though I have now actually been on a golf course and even made contact with a couple of dimply balls, I still DO NOT know how to play golf. Damn, what a ridiculous sport that is.
Oh, and Kim bought me a Les Paul electric guitar on Memorial Day.
Yes, I love the summer time.
I’m enjoying my summer clerkships. Heck, I’m exactly halfway through the first one! And in just three short weeks, I’ve learned quite a bit. I’ve learned that people in the media get sued a lot for reporting the news. I’ve learned that lawyers love to eat lunch at greasy spoons that make your nice new suits smell like fry grease. I’ve learned to get over feeling like a jerk when I hand off nauseatingly mundane jobs to secretaries. After attending a few minor court sessions, I’ve learned that I have some classmates who are going to kick some serious adversarial ass in the real world (where do they get some of these guys?). I’ve learned that law is a TINY frickin’ community where everyone knows everyone such that you can’t burp in Birmingham without lawyers in Mobile knowing what you had for breakfast.
Yep, so many lessons. Heck, I’ve even learned that it’s good to go put in a token appearance on a Saturday at the office, not because you have to, but to earn cred points with the folks whose lives now are addicted to it. Finally, though I have now actually been on a golf course and even made contact with a couple of dimply balls, I still DO NOT know how to play golf. Damn, what a ridiculous sport that is.
Oh, and Kim bought me a Les Paul electric guitar on Memorial Day.
Yes, I love the summer time.
posted by graysandpeas | 10:51 PM
1 Comments:
Many lessons for me as well... namely, that government lawyers don't get near the pay that other lawyers may, but man, their stress level sure is a lot lower. They leave at WITHOUT questions and glares. It's incredible! ANd you're right about the tiny community thing, everybody knows everybody else... much like law school itself i suupose. I guess school is teaching us how to be up in everyone else's business and now i know that a good thing, because i'll need that in the future! ;-)
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