I. The author taught themselves about the legal profession, including that much of the law involves interpreting gray areas and arguing cases in front of judges, and that getting admitted to the Supreme Court bar to argue cases may be easier than expected.
II. The author emailed ten legal placements but only received responses from three.
III. Upon reflection, the author realizes they enjoyed aspects of being a trial lawyer but their initial efforts lacked follow up. They plan to contact more placements over break, follow up by phone, and visit the DA's office in person to improve their chances.
I. The author taught themselves about the legal profession, including that much of the law involves interpreting gray areas and arguing cases in front of judges, and that getting admitted to the Supreme Court bar to argue cases may be easier than expected.
II. The author emailed ten legal placements but only received responses from three.
III. Upon reflection, the author realizes they enjoyed aspects of being a trial lawyer but their initial efforts lacked follow up. They plan to contact more placements over break, follow up by phone, and visit the DA's office in person to improve their chances.
I. The author taught themselves about the legal profession, including that much of the law involves interpreting gray areas and arguing cases in front of judges, and that getting admitted to the Supreme Court bar to argue cases may be easier than expected.
II. The author emailed ten legal placements but only received responses from three.
III. Upon reflection, the author realizes they enjoyed aspects of being a trial lawyer but their initial efforts lacked follow up. They plan to contact more placements over break, follow up by phone, and visit the DA's office in person to improve their chances.
A. A lot of the law often requires you to give your own legal opinions and argue them in front of a judge on any given case 1. Talk about how a lot of law is interpreting and not a lot of gray area as I initially anticipated 2. Build off law interpretation point to talk about how your argument in front of a judge can end getting cited for other cases B. Getting into the Supreme Court bar, with the eventual goal of arguing in front of them is a lot easier than expected 1. Talk about requirements to get on SC bar (experience, clerk note, endorsements, etc.) 2. Talk about my ability to network and makes friends will make endorsements not so hard 3. Talk about how my argumentation and persuasion abilities combined with my philosophical background would give me an edge to be in good standing with the bar C. How did I acquire this information? 1. Talk about my google process. Using multiple sources, corroborating them, etc. II. My efforts to get a placement A. Emails 1. Talk about how emails was the primary way I contacted 2. Talk about how I emailed ten different places a) Talk about how I received only three responses (1) Talk about content of responses III. Reflection A. My thoughts on the career 1. Talk about various things inherent to being a trial lawyer a) Creating and refining a bulletproof case through evidence b) Arguing in front of others using both logic and rhetoric 2. Talk about how I love those things B. How I would describe my efforts 1. Talk about how I would rate my efforts as a 2.5 on a scale of 1 to 5 a) Talk about my lack of follow-up with a lot of the places (1) Talk about how I didn’t want to be an annoyance (a) Talk about how I now recognize that that is the only way to get things done C. What I would do differently 1. Talk about how I am going to cast a wider net, lack of responses was a big issue 2. Talk about how I currently plan to follow up with those places over the break over the phone a) Talk about how I will (at least for the DA’s office) show up there myself if I have to (1) Talk about how I really want to work there specifically so that is why I am extra motivated
Lameer, Joep - غير المعلوم يمتنع الحكم عليه) An Exploratory (Ghayr al-maʿlūm yamtaniʿ al-ḥukm ʿalayhi Anthology of a False Paradox in Medieval Islamic Philosophy