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> | Creating my Legal Practice (Revision)
-- By SalvadorRosas - 26 April 2018 |
| | Law School serves to give me the skills necessary to manage my own practice.
"Oh, so now you want us to save you!" said the university administrator on the phone when I asked her if I would be able to participate in GSF despite not having gone to any of the "mandatory" events. After all, I only committed to law school after working for two years as a general corporate paralegal at one of the top law firms in New York City. I had a specific idea of what my legal practice would look like. The firm would take me back with open arms for the summer, and then again next summer, and would ultimately offer me a full-time job. I would get $180,000 and seamless for dinner every night for 90 hours a week of due diligence on M&A deals. But now, on the phone with a woman I had never met, I was determined to take control of my own legal practice by expanding my options for summer employment. Much to my mother's delight, I was considering spending the summer in my hometown, Sacramento, providing legal services for Latino families, similar to what my mother does as an assistant coordinator for La Familia Counseling Center. I was reaching out to my network to start experimenting with my practice. |
| | The reason why I am not participating in the Early Interview Program is because I have been disillusioned by the divisiveness between administrative offices. It has manifested in the culture of the student body. While at evening receptions hosted by firms, I came across several defensive 2Ls and 3Ls that would dodge questions about their experience over the summer. At one event, I spoke with a 3L who was on the verge of tears when having to recount her awful summer experience. All I have asked for from both my peers and administrators is honesty. They have simply failed to provide this. In our discussion of Arnold, the class engaged in the question of whether societies fail when they no longer meet expectations or social needs. As 1Ls, we are just starting to realize that it is both. |
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< | While at a lunch discussion titled "Paving Your Social Justice Career" I was appalled at the reductive approach to the presentation that consisted of 7 slides with names of organizations that students had worked at before. During the Question portion, I was the first to raise my hand. "What could SJI have done better to support your peers that were less proactive?" I asked. One of the 3Ls that was invited to the presentation as an example of the success of SJI's model, he is currently on responding in what my peers describe as the most "antagonist response to a question I have ever heard." Something along the lines of "just figure it out." I most definitely will. It is important for me to engage in these conversations with my peers. I am not afraid of my classmates. They will be working in the same industry as me in the next few years and some might even end up being my clients. |
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> | While at a lunch discussion titled "Paving Your Social Justice Career" I was appalled at the reductive approach to the presentation that consisted of 7 slides with names of organizations that students had worked at before. During the Question portion, I was the first to raise my hand. "What could SJI have done better to support your peers that were less proactive?" I asked. One of the 3Ls that was invited to the presentation as an example of the success of SJI's model, he is currently on responding in what my peers describe as the most "antagonist response to a question I have ever heard." Something along the lines of "just figure it out." I most definitely will. It is important for me to engage in these conversations with my peers. I am not afraid of my classmates. They will be working in the same industry as me in the next few years and some will be my clients. |
| | Become an expert on entertainment law and immigration law
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| | Participate in externships outside of the prescribed programs in place at CLS. |
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< | I plan to obtain an externship position at Sony Music next semester. I want to learn how a music label runs and what role entertainment lawyers play in their clients' careers as in-house counsel. Luckily, I will not need to depend on OCS or SJI and instead can reach out to contacts that I know still work there. As a side job, I have been translating official documents in support of a U-Visa client. I plan to continue to help put together asylum, U-Visa, SIJS applications through partner organizations in NYC. These activities ensure that I will continue to expand my knowledge of these two fields of law. |
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> | I plan to obtain an externship position at Sony Music next semester. I want to learn how a music label runs and what role entertainment lawyers play in their clients' careers as in-house counsel. Luckily, I will not need to depend on OCS or SJI and instead can reach out to contacts that I know still work there. As a side job, I have been translating official documents in support of a U-Visa client. I plan to continue to help put together asylum, U-Visa, SIJS applications through partner organizations in NYC. Participating in these activities will serve as practice and will keep me abreast of current trends in policy. |
| | Continuing to build my network in CA and NJ will provide a diverse and reliable client base. |
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> | Latino immigrants in CA and central NJ need basic legal services. I want to perfect my knowledge of I-485 and visa applications. I also know several musicians and independent filmmakers who need attorneys to negotiate contracts and acquire funding for projects. I am in the process of learning how to do event contracts with venues, formation documents for independent production companies and record labels. |
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