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Excuse me if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it using the search function.

I've been wondering about this for a while, but how exactly do summer internships work, logistically? Say you go to Cornell, and you have an apartment in Ithaca, or you go to Mich and have an apartment in Ann Arbor (and you're not in university housing because of a significant other), but you have a summer placement in NYC or Chicago or San Fran for 10-12 weeks or whatever. Do you keep paying rent in Ithaca/Ann Arbor and find a place in NYC/Wherever? Do you have to move, then move back each summer? Is it even possible to find a place to stay in NYC for such a short period of time? I mean, this goes for anywhere, though I imagine that schools in bigger cities make it easier to get 1L/2L internships in your school's city.

Apologies for 0L ignorance.

Am I just being dumb?

The decision to keep your apartment at your law school location over the summer is yours...keep it and pay rent, sub-lease it, or let it go completely and lease a different place in the fall. Yes, it is possible, and fairly easy, to find a summer rental for your internship in NYC or any other major city.

premadance wrote:The decision to keep your apartment at your law school location over the summer is yours...keep it and pay rent, sub-lease it, or let it go completely and lease a different place in the fall. Yes, it is possible, and fairly easy, to find a summer rental for your internship in NYC or any other major city.

Thanks. I haven't been living in the US since I left home for school, so I don't know these things.

I sublet my NYC apt to another law student for the summer because I got an internship overseas. It was extremely painless.

You can also put your stuff in storage and pay <$100/mo instead of paying whatever rent is, then just rent furniture or get a furnished apartment wherever you're spending the summer