Evelyns 2017 Internship

Presentation of
Learning
Introduction
Intro:
Internship Program
at HTH
Internship search
struggle
Interest in law and
social justice
Mentor: Cindy
Panuco
Week 1
- My first day I sat in two
depositions which were
awesome learning
experiences. I have never
sat in one before.

- That same week I sat in

another deposition. This
one was also about a
police shooting.
Week 2
- Summarized four depositions. It was a case
on someone who died in prison for not
getting medical attention.

- Lunch with Cindy

Week 3
- Last deposition
summary

- Double checked
other depo
summaries/revising

- Spanish translation
Week 4

- Revising deposition summaries.

 Internship Project
The duration of my internship I worked
on two major projects for my mentor.
 Internship
Project (1) Skills required: Skills developed/New
learnings:
Deposition Summaries - Typing skills
- Reading - Improved writing
- Writing (a lot of it) - Correcting mistakes
- Understanding what
is going on
- Familiar with Word
 Internship
Project (2) Skills required: Skills Developed:
Spanish Translations - Spanish speaker, - Improving Spanish
reader and writer. writing skills
- Bilingual (English & (accents, grammar,
Spanish) etc.)
- Understanding court - Improved reading
terms - Court terms

Spanish Translation
Reflections
 Learning
Experiences Challenges: Deposition Summaries

Areas for growth: Shyness

Successes: Communication, Self-Advocacy

Professional
World Learned(from working in the professional working
world.):
- Career in something you enjoy
- Showing up early
- Everything falls into place
Internship
Influence How has internship influenced me in thinking about my
future?
This internship has made me think about where I want to go with my career path. One reason I
wasn't so sure if I wanted to do law as a career is because I wanted to do more community based
things such as working for a non-profit like HomeBoy Industries who are a gang intervention
program that help people who were previously in gangs, get jobs, etc. By doing my 11th grade
internship here at Hadsell Stormer & Renick I realized that I can still do that if I choose law as a
career path. My mentor, Cindy, has put together a program with the City of Los Angeles very similar
to the work HomeBoy Industries is doing. Before this internship I was not sure if I wanted to go to
law school(I still am not sure, which is okay) and at the same time I felt that if I didn't go to law
school, I would not be able to help people find justice in the way I wanted. I had lunch with a few of
the paralegals here at the office and hearing about their experiences, I don't have to go to law
school to work in the Law field. At one point in their lives they have all thought about going to law
school but decided not to. I love the idea of a career in solving social injustices but at the same time I
have thought about a career in fashion or media/entertainment. I am still young and unsure of my
career plans, which is okay, but this internship has made me think in a different perspective when it
comes to careers and the future.
 Thanks!
Any questions?