Here's How to Maximize Your Summer Public Interest Experience!
Yesterday, we hosted our Summer Success: Getting the Most from Your Summer Public Interest Experience webinar. Our presenters, Deb Ellis, the former Assistant Dean for Public Service at NYU School of Law, and Lindsay M. Harris, the EJW fellow and Immigration Staff Attorney at Tahirih Justice Center, provided some great tips on how interns/externs/volunteers can maximize their summers. If you were “there,” thanks for attending! 🙂
In case you missed it, the webinar recording should be available in the next week or so. In the meantime, here are just a few of the highlights:
- Act as though your summer position is an extended interview.
- Be realistic about your expectations for feedback (meaning, don’t expect to get comments and notes on every single assignment).
- Make your supervisor your mentor.
- Be indispensable and take advantage of all learning opportunities (some organizations take note of attendance and non-attendance).
- Keep track of your summer work product.
- If you’re in a new city for the summer, have fun! (Check out PSLawNet’s Having Fun on the Cheap page for suggestions!)