In this internship, advocating for yourself is common here. During my first two weeks here, I had a lot of questions. You know who had to answer my questions? Attorneys and law students. I have to say that the first couple of times I asked questions, I was genuinely nervous. After a while, I just got used to it. We also have a system where you input information in a database. Once you put the information down, you have to put your name as well so anyone looking at your notes later can tell who it is. Before we left for internship, my teachers gave everyone a list on how to be a good intern. Here is the link to the list. I am proud to say that I have done most of them. The only things I haven't done are Tips 2 and 5. The reason for Tip 2 is because we don't have meetings and the reason for Tip 5 is because during orientation we were told that we could dress casually. I work in a small office with at least 10-12 people per day. Everyone knows who I am so far so that is a plus for me.
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