[blindlaw] Training for Internships

Rahul Bajaj rahul.bajaj1038 at gmail.com
Wed Jan 28 18:31:10 UTC 2015


Hi All,

While this question does not have anything to do directly with
blindness per se, I believe this is a great platform to discuss this
issue and to hear diverse views and perspectives. Most of the
internships that I have pursued thus far have been in areas of law
about which I had very limited knowledge at the time of starting the
internship. This is often a huge disadvantage because I take a
substantially more amount of time to understand the intricacies of
legal propositions for which I am required to find authoritative cases
or commentaries. Generally speaking, I always understand things better
when I can contextualize their relevance and importance in the big
picture. So, what strategies should I adopt for acquiring a functional
understanding of the areas of law that I am slated to work on during
my internship? More specifically, are there any strategies that I can
adopt for effectively predicting the kind of work (legal propositions,
opinions and research notes) that I would be likely to work on during
the internship and to devise strategies for performing these tasks
efficaciously and expeditiously?
Secondly, what substantive steps can I take when I am not interning to
enhance my productivity during my internships? In other words, what
are the kinds of habits that I should seek to develop and promote for
performing tasks such as reading complex cases, digesting complicated
facts, finding out important points for consideration and critically
evaluating any legal document expeditiously? I go to a local community
college where the quality of students and faculty is remarkably low,
so I have to devise my own strategies for learning these critical
skills. Any pointers that would help me in performing the
aforementioned tasks expeditiously and efficaciously would be greatly
appreciated.

Best,
Rahul




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