By Kevin Mosier My summer interning for the Honorable David H. Hennessey in the Federal District Court for Massachusetts was the most eye-opening work experience I have ever had. The legal nerd in me loved it. After my first year of law school, I joined Suffolk Law’s First Year Summer Internship Program and was assigned [...]
By Michael Anderson The morning of November 21, 2016, I arrived at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. The landscape echoed with prayerful declarations of “mni wiconi” and the air was weighted by the brutal encounter with law enforcement the night prior. An urgency to protect the Sioux people’s right to land and clean water called [...]
By Caroline A. Clair My first client in the Health Law Clinic asked for my help in appealing her denial of Social Security disability benefits. She suffered from an array of physical and mental impairments, as well as financial, social and familial stressors. When I met with the client, she didn’t state the facts of [...]
By Alex Gill I recalled a sense of panic setting in, as an associate at my summer internship in Brazil asked me to research interlocutory appeals process in U.S. federal courts. I thought, “What is an interlocutory appeal?” Did I make a huge mistake making the trip to Brazil? After the initial shock, I recalled [...]
By David Bastian As a full-time law student, who could possibly want to add more reading, writing and preparatory work to their daily routine? If it’s for the FDI Moot Team, I would. The FDI Moot Team has students work on a hypothetical problem involving an investor-state dispute that is submitted to arbitration. This is [...]
By Harrison Lebov I thought law school was strictly textbooks and case briefs, until I took a January intercession course called "Coding and the Law." “Coding and the Law” was like no other course I had ever taken in law school. Class time was predominantly spent in the school’s computer lab, or on our personal [...]
By Cherina Clark During the fall of my first year at Suffolk Law, I attended my first meeting of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA). It ended up being one of the best decisions of my law school career. BLSA was where I first met students outside my 1L section. BLSA was how I met [...]
By Nicholas M. Hasenfus One of the most influential professors I had in law school was Judge Greaney, who wears all black the last day of class and has us listen to Johnny Cash’s “The Man In Black.” He directs our attention to this part of the song: I wear the black for the poor [...]
By Daniela Manrique I represented my first client in the Family Law Advocacy Clinic in a contempt action against her ex-husband for failure to pay child support. I appeared in Probate and Family Court on behalf of Cheryl—not her real name—asking the judge to hold her ex-husband in civil contempt and direct him to begin [...]
By Anon Silpavuthi My first legal internship was at a law firm in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Working in an internationally affiliated law firm was a fantastic experience because I was able to work with lawyers from different countries. I drafted and edited contracts and agreements, did legal research, conducted due diligence, attended several client meetings, [...]
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