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LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:14 pm
by Anonymous User
Is a clerkship at LA Superior Court (trial court) worth it? I was really hoping for SC or Fed but I ended up getting this. My judge seems very distinguished. Some of the judge's recognition include CA State Bar President and "Top 100 Lawyers" by LA Law for two years in a row.
I should also mention that I am a floundering 1L.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:20 pm
by Anonymous User
I'm not sure if they're worth it, but it beats not having anything at all. When did you hear back from them?
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:23 pm
by Anonymous User
I heard back on Friday. I am not sure if I will have anything else this summer. There is a study abroad program that I was very interested in but I don't have any legal work experience on my resume. I meet with the judge this Friday. There is a sliver of a chance that I could get a higher level court judge but because I'm looking into the Southern California area, spots are competitive and I would risk not having a clerkship at all if I rejected this judge and waited for another.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:25 pm
by rad lulz
You're a 1L. Just do something legal. Also this is an internship, not a clerkship. HTH.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:30 pm
by Anonymous User
rad lulz wrote:You're a 1L. Just do something legal. Also this is an internship, not a clerkship. HTH.
You're right. Sorry. This is an internship. So, just do it because it is legal? I am pretty disappointed that my summer will consist of small-claims.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 8:33 pm
by Anonymous User
I agree with above, take it and run. Also, don't call it a clerkship, you'll freak out all the 3Ls waiting on their clerkship apps.
I, for example, just went to check on the status of my clerkship application with that same court thinking I'd finally see some movement.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:34 am
by bk1
Anonymous User wrote:rad lulz wrote:You're a 1L. Just do something legal. Also this is an internship, not a clerkship. HTH.
You're right. Sorry. This is an internship. So, just do it because it is legal? I am pretty disappointed that my summer will consist of small-claims.
Thread moved to appropriate forum. Please keep the internship threads out of the clerkship forum.
Re: LA Superior Court
Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:51 am
by A. Nony Mouse
The benefit to a trial-level internship is that you should get to observe a lot of court proceedings, which can be informative and at the least give you some info about what kinds of work you do/don't find interesting. It also should give you plenty to talk about in a 2L interview. (FWIW, I'm sure the judge is very distinguished, but I don't think the local "Top 100 Lawyers" ranking things really mean much. They're usually just marketing.)