Upon, well, really not that much prodding, I've decided to start writing in this blog again. Here's a little background on what has happened since my last post (early July 2009).
I've recently finished my third year at UCLA, and finally broke the 3.0 cumulative GPA barrier. For those of you out there who don't know what I'm talking about, I shall explain. For the past year, my cumulative GPA has gone from a 2.98, to a 2.99, to 2.994. No joke. Instead of just rounding up to 3.0, the system just added decimals. Really annoying, as I had to have had a 3.0 GPA to take this one class in Spring. That's a topic for another time. After toiling incredibly hard and keeping very long hours, my new cumulative GPA is 3.024. Success!
By Spring Break (late March) I knew I would be spending my summer in Eugene, Oregon, with my boyfriend. I thus needed to find a job to occupy my time, and hopefully make some money. Keeping with my desire to have a career in law, I spent my break cold-calling lawyers in the Eugene area. The vast (as in, all but one) responses were along the lines of "Oh, a third year UNDERGRADUATE? We only take law school students" or "we have no position for you at this time, but feel free to submit a resume!" I like to call that one the easy-let-down. Some people don't know how to say no. Anyway, I get a call back from a message I had left with this one attorney saying he was very interested in working with me over the summer. I went for an interview and was invited to return to work part time, unpaid, but experience life as he does. So far I have been assigned readings from texts that are studied in law schools and have met with a client. That's just after one week.
I intend to make this summer's blog about my experiences in the big bad world of law. What do I get to do every day? What are some insights I grasp from assigned reading? On the side, did I do anything interesting in Oregon? Goodness knows, I am NOT used to the small, quaintness of a town like Eugene, but am very interested in exploring what it has to offer.
See you at the Oregon Country Fair!
Finally! I've been waiting for you to get back on this thing. Does the prodding refer to me? It better - I've been asking about this thing for like nine months now. And in that nine months I hope you've gestated plenty of interesting blog posts that you shall be birthing at a later date.
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