Sunday, June 04, 2006

Welcome to the working world of an intern,

...go ahead and put your feet up until we have something for you to do! Yeah, right. I finished my first week as an intern and it was actually like that. Not completely, but we're in a transitional phase where we're getting things set up and ready so that we can spend the rest of the summer working hard. So, what do I think about being an intern in Midtown? Well, first of all, I'm really not used to the whole 9-5 thing and if I never had to get used to it, I don't think it would bother me much. It's kind of neat to commute to 42nd St. and get off and walk through the throngs with the others going to work and all the tourists. We, the interns, have a small office that is a lot like a cave, and in fact used to be a coat check closet, but it is great because it gives us a place to work and really makes us feel like we belong. We got to help with a conference and discovered that there are an elite class of party crashers that like to drink wine at receptions following CLE courses! All in all, it was a good week and it bodes well for a good summer and a good experience. I'll let you know if that is really the case at the end of the summer.

It has been a good solid two weeks since finals were officially over and I have only gotten one grade back out of five classes. I got a B in Trusts and Estates which I am more than pleased with for the effort I put forth. Out of the exams I took, it felt like my poorest performance and threw me a bit of a curveball. Interesting to note, and providing a serious insight into law school, is that the T&E exam I took was the largest one I took this semester and the largest class I've been in with a solid 120+ students. The funny thing is that the grades for that class have been up for over a week already and not a single other grade has been posted for me. Graduation is tomorrow for those lucky 3Ls and so their grades have to be done by then and hopefully the rest of our grades won't be far behind.

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