Dorna, Our Favorite Intern, Posts Her Thoughts.

Last summer we were very fortunate to have Dorna join us for our summer internship program. The program is exceedingly simple:  one intern for the summer.  This summer we asked her back and here is her guest post... I hope you enjoy reading it. She is extremely smart and an asset to the firm.

Eleven years ago, on the third grade playground, I convinced a rather plump redheaded boy not to tattle on me for saying the word “butt.” The word, I explained to him, could be easily confused with the prepositional homonym “but” and keeping quiet would only save him from further humiliation by the grammar-obsessed Mrs. Johnson. I appeased him, kept myself out of trouble, and made a best friend—who often came to me for homework help. Ever since that day, I have wanted to work towards a career in law. Obviously, one elementary school encounter is not enough upon which to base an entire future.

 When I got an internship at Sawday and Drake last summer, I knew it was a way for me to prove to myself that this was destiny, not coincidence. Not only would I get a preview of the field I aspire to become a part of, but I would also become acquainted with which type of law I am most interested in. Last summer, I was a naïve high school graduate, eager to begin her first year at NYU who was spending two days a week interning. Evidently, I was sold: sold to the idea of spending my summer learning about what I will do in 7 years, sold to three years of intense schooling post-college graduation, and sold to the 80 hour work-weeks in Corporate America prior to setting up a private firm or becoming a partner. And that is why, this year, I am back—with a year’s worth of knowledge and stories—to work in the offices of Sawday and Drake.

 My biggest fear before starting was that I would be the given the classic job of “intern.” Jennifer would have a frenzied meeting with a client because I would forget that she drinks decaf and Michelle’s wedding invitations would go out to everyone except the people actually invited. With great relief, I found that I was given tasks that represent the true purpose of an intern and that they trusted me with “real work.” While I answer the phone and fax documents, I also get to write letters to clients, research legal issues in probate matters, and my favorite yet, write declarations. I am particularly fond of family law because of the obscure stories often involved. I form my own opinions of the case as I read through the angry e-mails between husbands and wives, trying to twist it into a declaration that will make one parent the “bad guy.” Often times, I think the clients themselves could do a better job at lying; but as long as they say they are telling the truth, their words are taken as words of truth and virtue.

 I’ve been working here for a month now, and I stay until lunchtime. After lunch, I work for another attorney down the hall, to whom Jenni and Michelle referred me. I should probably wrap this up since I start there in precisely 11 minutes and the workers down at the Red House Café take over 15 minutes to make a hot dog.

The Eager and Growing Intern,

Dorna Moini

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