Hello! This was my third week on site and I continue to learn new things every day! Though Mr. Levine was out of town for the week, my on-site mentor and the paralegal at the firm both taught me about day-to-day operations of the office and about legal documentation.
On Tuesday, I wrote my first affidavit ever. For those of you who don't know, an affidavit is a legal document summarizing, in this case, the contents of letters speaking about the character of one of Mr. Levine's clients. It is very exciting to draft legal documents! A lot of it is just stating facts (affiant's name, address, phone number, relation to client, etc.); however the rest of the document contains eye-witness accounts and things that the affiant has observed or heard regarding the client in relation to the matter of the case. I also answered the phone a lot!
Normally, I would have a more lengthy entry for Wednesday; however, when coming home from the internship on the 202 on Tuesday, tragedy struck when a nail ripped right through my tire and I had to use a spare until Discount Tire could retrieve new tires for me on Wednesday. Long story short, I stayed home on Wednesday (other than my short trip to Discount Tire) and I did some more research for the Senior Research Project. The amount of cases that I still have to work through (after sifting through about one fourth of the 900 cases I've found involving social media) is extensive. However, I am confident that I will have it done in the next couple of weeks and then I will move on to the surveying portion of my research. Along with these cases, Mr. Levine has also provided me with a case involving social media being used as evidence. He will redact any personal information shown in the case so that I can use it as an example for my presentation.
On Thursday, I spent the whole day working on two things: my first task was to work on as many affidavits that I could before our paralegal needed her computer back (as the one I use was abducted for billing purposes for the day), and my second was to scan large piles of documents into the system using the copy machine. About 700 pages later, the day was over and it was time for me to leave.
Though I do not usually work on Mondays, I will be working this upcoming Monday due to the fact that I wasn't able to come in on Tuesday.
See you soon!
On Tuesday, I wrote my first affidavit ever. For those of you who don't know, an affidavit is a legal document summarizing, in this case, the contents of letters speaking about the character of one of Mr. Levine's clients. It is very exciting to draft legal documents! A lot of it is just stating facts (affiant's name, address, phone number, relation to client, etc.); however the rest of the document contains eye-witness accounts and things that the affiant has observed or heard regarding the client in relation to the matter of the case. I also answered the phone a lot!
Normally, I would have a more lengthy entry for Wednesday; however, when coming home from the internship on the 202 on Tuesday, tragedy struck when a nail ripped right through my tire and I had to use a spare until Discount Tire could retrieve new tires for me on Wednesday. Long story short, I stayed home on Wednesday (other than my short trip to Discount Tire) and I did some more research for the Senior Research Project. The amount of cases that I still have to work through (after sifting through about one fourth of the 900 cases I've found involving social media) is extensive. However, I am confident that I will have it done in the next couple of weeks and then I will move on to the surveying portion of my research. Along with these cases, Mr. Levine has also provided me with a case involving social media being used as evidence. He will redact any personal information shown in the case so that I can use it as an example for my presentation.
On Thursday, I spent the whole day working on two things: my first task was to work on as many affidavits that I could before our paralegal needed her computer back (as the one I use was abducted for billing purposes for the day), and my second was to scan large piles of documents into the system using the copy machine. About 700 pages later, the day was over and it was time for me to leave.
Though I do not usually work on Mondays, I will be working this upcoming Monday due to the fact that I wasn't able to come in on Tuesday.
See you soon!