Summer Is Here

Loyola holds tons of events – speaking, networking, and otherwise, that are geared toward helping students succeed. I’ve attended a few, but I wasn’t necessarily planning to do an externship during the summer.  I toyed with the idea of taking summer classes, but decided I didn’t want to because I don’t need the units. To be honest, I had no idea how I wanted to spend my summer and was having trouble finding people who could give me some solid words of advice about what I should do. However, I stumbled upon a fantastic externship at a great firm after attending a Consumer Law Society event that I’m very excited for.

I’m going to be a summer law clerk at a personal injury law firm in Century City, which will be my first legal job in several years and my first experience being given more autonomy at a law firm. I’m very excited to learn more about this area of the law and also about the different stages of a case. Loyola has already given me a head start on some portions of that, though, through my Legal Drafting class. The skills that I learned in that class will certainly come in handy since I, not only drafted legal documents and correspondence, but was taught real-world advice about what you need to know if you’re going to work in a law firm. In a way, that’s exactly what Loyola is good for. I can say for certain that Loyola’s emphasis on preparing us to actually practice the law has made a huge difference for me.