my life in six minute increments...
So I'm starting to feel more like a lawyer. How, you may ask? Allow me to demonstrate.
Now, when I get a phone call from a friend, where before I would want to uselessly shoot the shit all day, I find my eyes drifting to the clock on the phone, dividing the number by six, and fretting over the tenths of an hour I have lost to this time burglar! I've become what I used to despise. At last, I am an adult.
Seriously though, things are going well. I had my first appearance in federal court. The judge asked the firm for an "experienced trial lawyer" to act as "friend of the court" in a sanctions hearing. This meant I was to act as the court's lawyer, cross-examining witnesses on her behalf. Gulp.
Well, I prepared. Good thing. It's an incredibly convoluted case involving shady financial transactions. And, when I got there, I found out I had to go first, before any of the other lawyers in the room. Gulp.
Well, three hours later I emerged with my own dignity and the reputation of the firm intact. All in all a great experience. Now I'm just concentrating on improving my writing. And my general leghal demeanor. Things with Melanie seem to be going okay.
I've also been invited to go to the Innocence Project conference in Seattle next month as the rep for AZ's branch. That should be fun. Never been to the great Northwest.
I guess that's all for now. Cheers.
Now, when I get a phone call from a friend, where before I would want to uselessly shoot the shit all day, I find my eyes drifting to the clock on the phone, dividing the number by six, and fretting over the tenths of an hour I have lost to this time burglar! I've become what I used to despise. At last, I am an adult.
Seriously though, things are going well. I had my first appearance in federal court. The judge asked the firm for an "experienced trial lawyer" to act as "friend of the court" in a sanctions hearing. This meant I was to act as the court's lawyer, cross-examining witnesses on her behalf. Gulp.
Well, I prepared. Good thing. It's an incredibly convoluted case involving shady financial transactions. And, when I got there, I found out I had to go first, before any of the other lawyers in the room. Gulp.
Well, three hours later I emerged with my own dignity and the reputation of the firm intact. All in all a great experience. Now I'm just concentrating on improving my writing. And my general leghal demeanor. Things with Melanie seem to be going okay.
I've also been invited to go to the Innocence Project conference in Seattle next month as the rep for AZ's branch. That should be fun. Never been to the great Northwest.
I guess that's all for now. Cheers.