I was elected to the La Raza Law Student Association board as the Social Chair at the end of last semester. It is a great club with a great membership that I am glad to be a part. Hanging out with the board is the closest I can get to feeling as if I am home with the family. Here is a picture of a bunch of us with the president of the Student Bar Association:
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| From the left: Carlos, Mike, Camille, Gangsterness, Brandon, Barbie, Javier |
Lara decided to leave Davis and move-in with my roommate and me. We have a place in Northern San Jose (aka Japantown). She is going to be looking in to getting a job and possibly some other academic pursuit here in the Bay.
The Legal Director of the Northern California Innocence Project asked me to interview the dean (head) of Santa Clara Law. The article I write after the interview will be included in the newsletter the Project puts out. I had a great time this summer working on actual cases and my supervising attorney asked me to stay on to do the advanced program of NCIP this semester. I have a new case that I will be writing a motion for shortly and look forward to getting even more experience.
I applied and the professor in charge accepted me to take a trip to the country of El Salvador. The program looks at the legal structure of the country and the unique problems the country faces. As I learn more, I will keep you updated. The trip is over Christmas break (not on Christmas Eve or Day but after) and Lara is planning on heading down there early with me to explore (along with some friends from La Raza who are on the trip).
After a year of feeling awkward at mixers, lunches I thought were going to go nowhere, and help from La Raza members (from both law school and the larger association of practicing lawyers); I finally will be an intern with the Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office. I start Tuesday and am very excited. I want to become a public defender after law school and this internship will be the strongest thing on my resume. I will be doing a ton of actual work as my attorney expects me to do everything a public defender does, short of arguing in court (but I will be in court to assist and learn from him if our cases go to trial).
I will be one busy mofo this year but it will help immensely having Lara with me here in San Jose. I got a slow start to law school moving out here (at least compared to my peers) but I feel like I am finally hitting on all cylinders with this thing. I will be better about keeping everyone updated so count on more blog posts in the future.
::s to the leep time::
A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things. --Grace Hopper
1 comments:
Anthony good to finally see you are back to blogging. You sound like things are going well and interning in the public defender's office sounds like a blast. I'm proud of you. Tell Lara hi for me.
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