I only cried a little bit today. I might have made it out without crying in front of anyone had the other intern not started crying when I said good bye. In a strange way I was happy when she started crying because it told me that she enjoyed working with me as much as I enjoyed working with her.
It has been less than 12 hours since I left work and I already miss it. Even if I wasn't returning to the hell that is law school I would be sad right now. My internship had everything, great people, doing great work, in a wonderful city. Everyone offered wonderful advice on what I should do for next year and who I should talk to at what agency.
It didn't take my lackluster GPA first semester for me to realize that firm life was not for me. The little part of me that still thought I might one day end up at a firm died this summer. If I worked at a firm, even the most important client would not have as pressing of issues as the cases I handled as a PD intern. Sure Mr. Bigwig might lose $5 million dollars, but Mr. Crackdealer is going to lose 30 months of his life (assuming he is lucky and gets an exceptionally low sentence.)
Which reminds me, Mr. Crackdealer (well Ms. Crackdealer's accomplice really) sent us a letter today. He agreed that his case had issues but thoughtfully pointed out all the issues I failed to raise. I failed to raise a couple of issues that were completely absent from the record. I also failed to raise the issue that he had no illegal substance on him when he was arrested (nevermind the fact he was charged with being an accomplice to delivery).
The other intern tried to one up my sucking up skills today by bringing in a box of cookies. To out do her I negotiated the sale of a new car for one of the attorney's at the office. The car he wanted was selling in our area for roughly $700 below MSRP. I got it for $1300 under MSRP. I get a sick sense of enjoyment out of haggling. My coworker was ready to sign when I got it to $1100 under MSRP but I was persistent that we could do better. I should have made him split the $200 I saved him with me.
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Real life lawyering is much more fun than law school! And public defense is my very favorite thing I have done; and I have done lots of things. It's the best work you can do, with some of the best people (usually). Good luck! Big firm lawyers always keep that law school mentality, too - yuck.
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