Small belated update
One of the things about law school that I didn't know is how the 1L/2L and 2L/3L summers work. I (foolishly) assumed that you had that time off, much like in undergrad. In fact, law students must find work in their chosen field for those months as part of their education. Columbia (and, I imagine, most law schools) has a whole system for assisting students with finding placement. Larra really wanted to go overseas and do human rights work, so she applied for many such internships in early January. Columbia provides funding for students who do these kinds of internships. By virtue of the deadlines that Columbia has in place, and other information we received, we were led to believe that we would hear back by the end of February. It turns out that international human rights organizations are often on a different time-table from American academic institutions.
About a week and a half ago, Larra received (and accepted) an offer for an internship with the New South Wales Law Reform Commission in Sydney, Australia! The NSWLRC is a non-profit that works to ensure that Australian law conforms with human rights standards, as well as working to reform legislation. She is going to be doing research on mentally disabled and mentally ill people in the criminal justice system.
Both of us are very excited about this summer job! I am currently hard at work researching housing and dialysis options. Our plan is to leave a few days after the wedding and be in Australia through mid-August.
I am rapidly becoming very sorry I ever complained about trying to schedule visitor dialysis within the United States. Doing so pales in comparison to coordinating dialysis (and especially American insurance) in a country that is on the other side of the international date line. Having said that, once it's all set up, this trip is going to be amazing. I have always wanted to go to Australia, but I never really thought it would happen. I am incredibly fortunate that Larra has given me this opportunity.
About a week and a half ago, Larra received (and accepted) an offer for an internship with the New South Wales Law Reform Commission in Sydney, Australia! The NSWLRC is a non-profit that works to ensure that Australian law conforms with human rights standards, as well as working to reform legislation. She is going to be doing research on mentally disabled and mentally ill people in the criminal justice system.
Both of us are very excited about this summer job! I am currently hard at work researching housing and dialysis options. Our plan is to leave a few days after the wedding and be in Australia through mid-August.
I am rapidly becoming very sorry I ever complained about trying to schedule visitor dialysis within the United States. Doing so pales in comparison to coordinating dialysis (and especially American insurance) in a country that is on the other side of the international date line. Having said that, once it's all set up, this trip is going to be amazing. I have always wanted to go to Australia, but I never really thought it would happen. I am incredibly fortunate that Larra has given me this opportunity.