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Estella is a rising second-year law student at Michigan State University College of Law and is interested in trademark and business law. Upon graduating from University of California, San Diego, Estella spent eight years working for her family business, which specializes in Korean traditional clothing to a racially and ethnically diverse clientele in Los Angeles. During this time, Estella learned to empathize and identify with her fellow community business owners, many of them immigrants in Koreatown. With this came the desire to understand the law and how it could work to support emerging businesses, especially those who struggle to obtain legal services.
After being awarded 3rd Place Best Oralist in her entire 1L class of 236 students, she will be competing on MSU Law’s Moot Court Team and serving as Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association this coming semester.
Upon graduation, Estella hopes to bring her extensive business background and affinity with people from various cultural backgrounds to the legal community.
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Estella is a rising second-year law student at Michigan State University College of Law and is interested in trademark and business law. Upon graduating from University of California, San Diego, Estella spent eight years working for her family business, which specializes in Korean traditional clothing to a racially and ethnically diverse clientele in Los Angeles. During this time, Estella learned to empathize and identify with her fellow community business owners, many of them immigrants in Koreatown. With this came the desire to understand the law and how it could work to support emerging businesses, especially those who struggle to obtain legal services.
After being awarded 3rd Place Best Oralist in her entire 1L class of 236 students, she will be competing on MSU Law’s Moot Court Team and serving as Vice President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association this coming semester.
Upon graduation, Estella hopes to bring her extensive business background and affinity with people from various cultural backgrounds to the legal community.
I think with any new job or internship, the first week is always the most intimidating because not only are you working extra hard to produce your best work for your superiors, but you are also understanding how your superiors work and what kind of expectations they have of you. There was a relatively quick onboarding process with a kick-off meeting that highlighted the expectations from Feras, Lema, and Megan and then a transactional staff meeting right after, where I truthfully felt quite lost as the practicing attorneys swiftly discussed their current work assignments. I ended the first day feeling quite overwhelmed and knew that in order to stay afloat, I would have to hone my skills of time management and work productivity.
Within the first few days, I was already assigned 3 projects with due dates and I knew I would have to spend extra time researching before even attempting to start. My first assignment from Shivani was quite interesting as I had to first research to understand the essential elements for a DMCA take down notice in order to determine the appropriate course of action for a client’s potential copyright. Further, I had to understand the differences between the original work and the client’s derivative work in order to determine if one copyright would be sufficient to use in enforcing infringement for both work products. I realized that I had to search beyond LexisNexis and had to get creative in my research methods because I had to ask the right questions in order to even discover the answers that Shivani was asking.
My second assignment was from Megan where I had to research all the ways that the registrant’s mark was being used online in order to understand why our client’s trademark application was initially denied. This was fun researching because I felt like a private investigator as I also had to get creative by searching the right keywords to find the various uses on different platforms.
Finally, my third project, which is still ongoing, was assigned by Mac in a completely foreign world to me for open source software licensing. From my first week alone, I can expect that I will learn about IP at an extremely fast pace here at Lloyd & Mousilli.
Get a planner where you can write down all the meetings and assignment due dates so you do not get behind! From the first day, I realized that communication and time management are crucial for a remote law firm to be effective. And therefore, if you are not jotting down the meeting times and assignment deadlines, you can easily fall behind and feel quite overwhelmed.
The second week felt quite more manageable in comparison to my first week here at L&M. Although I was still assigned multiple tasks throughout the week, I now knew what to expect and felt less overwhelmed because I had a better system to juggle the deadlines and meetings.
My first assignment this week was to create an organized chart of high, medium, and low risk licenses by its fields of use, termination rights, and financial restrictions for Mac. Weeding through the complex language for the most commonly used software licensing agreements allowed me to have a better understanding what I once thought was such a foreign concept on open-source licensing agreements. Although I am still not an expert, I realized this week that the process of completing an assignment tasked by L&M served as the learning experience itself.
Another example of this was my next task of finding jewelry patents for necklaces. After turning in what I thought was what Megan had requested for, it turned out I had researched and found the wrong patents because I found utility patents, but Megan had wanted me to find design patents. During the search and process of completing this task, I learned the difference between a utility and design patent. At the end of this quick assignment, I was informed of a current client’s potential copyright infringement for her stunning jewelry designs, which resulted in my next assignment that is due next week.
I was also tasked to swift through a client’s files to find and note which of his trademarks were currently registered or pending. I realized that the larger the client, the more imperative it becomes to have documents organized to determine what is completed and what still needs to be done. Although my assignments for this rather large client who owns 3 separate business entities under one single person will be on-going for the summer, it will be interesting to see how L&M will take proactive steps to ensure that the client’s needs and demands are being efficiently met.
I learned this week that is important to verify whether your work was properly submitted. When Erik and I completed our open-source licensing agreement chart, we did not realize until it was too late that the Google document was not being shared with Mac, the assignor of this assignment! Therefore, Mac did not have sufficient time to review our work, which resulted in a truncated meeting because he could not provide feedback or request for changes. Although our meeting was moved to next week, I’ve learned this week how important it is to verify the submission of your work product.
After reviewing my time keeping sheet for the third week, I realized that this week had a lighter workload than the first two weeks. Although I still had many great learning moments this week and was also assigned quite a few more tasks that have upcoming due dates, I understand now that the time recording requirement for all summer clerks to learn about “billable hours” keeps us accountable and motivated to stay on track.
My first assignment this week was to draft a letter of DMCA notice for copyright infringement. This assignment was tricky because although I had all the materials to draft the letter, such as the website of the infringing work, our client’s website with copyrighted work, the required information for the DMCA claim, and our firm’s letterhead, I was having difficulty in organizing the letter succinctly. At one point I felt I did not include enough, but when I added more, I felt it was redundant since I was including the links for both websites and thought it was self-explanatory. I think the art of succinctly describing the legal issue is something that I need to work on and definitely a skill that all successful lawyers should master. I hope to improve this skill by the end of the summer.
Further, I was also tasked this week to highlight the relevant sections of a company’s Bylaws to assist with the response to the opposing firm’s letter. I had to first spend some time going through the client’s files in the Google Drive folder to better understand the letter’s content before even attempting to tackle the bylaws. After submitting the task, I erroneously missed the specific type of meeting that the letter was addressing and had included the Bylaw sections for both types of meetings. After this confusion came to light, I realized that I should have taken the time to clarify in order to deliver a more accurate work product.
I learned this week that it is important to be flexible and open-minded. I was invited to join a client meeting, but almost 20 minutes into the call, the client never showed up. It made me realize that not everything can go according to a fixed schedule because we are working with real clients in the legal profession, where “life” can just happen. However, the time spent waiting for the client to appear was not put to waste because I was able to observe Feras and Megan discuss other firm-related issues and also had the opportunity to directly ask questions to clarify my new upcoming assignment. Thus, although having a schedule is crucial, you need to be flexible and work around unexpected changes to achieve high productivity.
My highlight of week four was joining a call with potential, international clients with Feras, Megan, and Allie. I really enjoyed listening to the successful founders describe with pride of their new venture and explain to Feras what exactly they were hoping for from L&M. It was most enlightening to observe Feras explain in a simplified manner of the legal strategies that he recommended for the new company to best protect its intellectual property assets, which included building a business entity formation, filing for copyrights, and even a potential patent for the product’s unique container. This meeting was a highlight for me because the client/lawyer interaction is rarely taught in a law school class, but probably the most applicable and necessary skill to learn for any practicing attorney. I hope I get the chance to join in on further client calls because I truly gained a lot from the experience.
The first assignment this week felt pretty clerical / transactional in nature. I was tasked to separate a client’s corporate files into separate PDFs, create a cease-and-desist letter modeled after an excellent example from opposing counsel, and also created a sample due diligence list for venture capital consideration when advising startups. Further, I was also tasked a new data project to verify that all off L&M’s current trademark application deadlines were correctly inputted in Trello by double checking with the USPTO’s Trademark Search and Document Retrieval (TSDR) website.
Despite this week’s assignments feeling like they were more clerical tasks than the other weeks, they were nonetheless educational. To read through a company’s documents and opposing counsel’s letters and responses allowed me to understand the procedural workings within an IP firm. Further, my newest ongoing assignment to make sure that all deadlines are correct noted is giving me valuable practice in searching a pending trademark application, which is something I expect to be doing quite often when I enter the legal field as a trademark attorney.
The week concluded with a meeting with Vanessa, who assigned me a brand-new research project to find case law that would help L&M respond to a trademark application’s office action. I look forward to starting this research project and find case law that addresses the “descriptiveness” factor for a potential trademark.
I learned this week to find a learning opportunity in anything and everything. Of course, at the end of the day, we as interns are given the opportunity to receive hands-on work to gain experience that would not be gained in a typical law school class setting. From all my assignments this week, I was able to learn something new to one day apply in the future when I become a practicing attorney.
My major assignment this week was for Vanessa pertaining to an office action for a client’s trademark application. I will discuss that assignment further in the WORK section below, but I wanted to discuss the highlight of this week in my INTRO. I really enjoyed my mentor meeting this week with Mac because I felt it was truly educational and applicable for the legal path I hope to take in the future. He shared with me a perfectly written Asset Purchase Agreement that he had created for his client for the sale of a software program. He not only took the time defining the terms within the contract, but also the why’s and explaining to me the importance of various clauses. It’s interesting to realize now that I’m in my fifth week of the clerkship, how all the previous lessons from the mentor meetings are connecting together.
This week was the first time where I felt stuck and questioned my ability to think outside the box as a future attorney. The office action that I re-read multiple times to understand my assignment essentially argued that our client’s trademark would cause confusion to the public and the word itself was descriptive. However, from my meeting with Vanessa where I was first briefed of my assignment, I found myself mentally agreeing with the USPTO examiner’s argument. But since we are attempting to argue the other way on behalf of our client to have the mark approved, it was even more challenging to start the research and find case law on LexisNexis, when I already personally agreed with the USPTO examiner. I think it took me an hour longer researching because I could not help but be drawn to the cases that went contrary to our client’s case. After brewing myself another cup of coffee, I really had to focus and do additional research on Google to find some arguments that we could hopefully make in our response back to the office action. I look forward to my meeting with Vanessa next week for feedback in order to learn more.
I also assisted Allie this week with updating the incorrectly inputted Trademark Application deadlines on our Trello Board. I got very good exercise using the TSDR (Trademark Status and Document Retrieval) site to look up our clients’ current applications. I realized this was an extremely important task because missing the deadline would result in the abandonment of our application and, therefore, I felt some pressure to accurately read each office action’s filed date on the system.
My work from this week leads to my advice for week 5: Set aside your personal beliefs to better focus on the task at issue. If you already believe your case is a “lost cause,” you will have a harder time finding that single case law that could really support your argument. It’s mind over matter, and although it took me some time to re-focus my brain, it became significantly easier to research and continue onwards for my memo.
This was my first week of the new rotation with the Litigation team. I always knew how fast-paced this specialty of law is, but this week confirmed it for me. The week started off with the Litigation staff meeting where Lema broke down and explained the majority of the cases that were currently in litigation at L&M. I truthfully felt immediately overwhelmed and intimidated as I tried to jot down my notes as quickly as possible and realized that with my limited, first-year knowledge of court proceedings, motions, and hearings, there would be quite a learning curve to understand 100% with all that was going on.
Right after the first staff meeting, I was tasked my first research assignment from Beth in preparation for the Motion to Dismiss hearing at the end of the week. Because Beth would have needed additional time to prepare for the hearing, there was a relatively short turnaround for my first research task. Although Beth helped me tremendously by providing a great Yale Law Review journal that had most of the information I would need, it was roughly 80 pages long and densely filled with legal terms and concepts that were foreign to me. It took longer than I expected to read through the document because I had to separately google some terms that were used to explain party standing, and I did not possess the elementary knowledge to process the complexity of the Law Journal entry.
In addition, my first week ended with an awesome day of observing a Motion to Dismiss hearing. I was very excited to observe this and felt surprised quite a few times during the hearing. I was taken aback to witness the opposing counsel act extremely inappropriately as he acted in a condescending manner with his eye-rolls and other snarky facial expressions and remarks. This was truthfully surprising for me because I expected a basic level of professionalism in the court room, despite it being on Zoom, because it was before the Judge. Furthermore, I found it most enlightening when the Judge interjected with her own questions challenging both parties’ statements. You could really tell that the Judge knew the law and other well established case law regarding our case. It made me realize that you need to prep for hearings with ample knowledge, because some of the questions that the Judge asked seemed unforeseen, especially when she asked for the specific case law to support each counsel’s claims.
Prepare to do extra research in preparation for the actual research assignment. Parsing through the Yale Law Journal that broke down Article 3 standing requirements for third party injuries was a task in and of itself. Because it was such advanced and complex writing, I was forced to google other terms and concepts that the article briefly mentioned, since it assumed that the reader would have the sufficient knowledge to understand it. I sheepishly admit that I did not, and so I did not anticipate the extra time it would have taken to complete my first research assignment. So, be prepared for that when managing your time!
Wow! I am starting this journal entry after just completing an observation of a remote deposition, which lasted for almost 6 hours!!! I now have great admiration and respect for Lema and all the other attorneys who represent their clients during these lengthy depositions because I learned that one really has to be keenly listening (despite it getting very boring and dry at times) in order to make the proper objections on behalf of the client. I also think it’s easier to be the attorney deposing because at least he/she is actively asking questions and therefore the time passes quicker.
During the deposition, the opposing counsel attempted to correct Lema’s specific objection, stating that the court rule requires the mere statement of “Objection” without any further specification. Therefore, Lema slacked me to research the proper rule that would stand in the current dispute that suddenly arose. Because I had access to the client’s Google drive folder, I was able to quickly find both the local court rules in the Southern District as well as Judge Eskridge’s court procedures. I tried as quickly as possible to look through the first document and could not find any rules that mentioned specifications for objections made during a deposition. So, to save time, I then proceeded to look as quickly as possible through Judge Eskridge’s court procedures, where I immediately copied the very first part that mentioned “specificity of objections” and pasted it into Slack for Lema to read. And to my horror, I had mistakenly found the rules for written discovery objections and NOT oral deposition objection rules. (This will be continued in my ADVICE for the week) I was embarrassed, stressed, and nearly had a panic attack because Lema had already said on the record the incorrect rule that I had found.
Thankfully, after reading through the local court rules for the third time, I told Lema I couldn’t find any specific rules regarding objections in oral depositions but did find Texas state rules that did in fact require the specificity of objections. Lema then explained that because there was no specific rule in the federal rules, then the Texas state rule would stand. Oh, my goodness, that was probably the most stressful 15 minutes of this week, but it was a great learning experience.
It’s interesting because earlier this week, I attended another deposition (my very first ever), and also had a mini panic attack. On the litigation calendar, I saw that it was listed as only one hour, so I planned to join despite having class 3 hours later, thinking that I would have sufficient time to make it to class. Well, 3 hours later, the deposition was still ongoing to my surprise! I even had to cancel my midway clerkship review with Feras and Megan as well as the weekly clerks meeting! But my real panic set in when I thought that I was the only one taking notes for the deposition, and felt that if I left prior to its conclusion, I would disappoint Lema and fail as a clerk to uphold my promise to observe and take good notes for her to review. Although I was able to sheepishly laugh about it the next day after Lema informed me that she was in fact taking notes and so it was fine for me to have left for class, I felt naïve and dumb to have panicked as much as I did.
DO NOT ASSUME. VERIFY BEFORE PANICKING/SUBMITTING ANYTHING. Those were the two lessons learned for me this week. I incorrectly assumed Lema was not taking notes and that I could not leave to class on time, so I set myself up for stress. And secondly, I was panicking in my desire to find and submit the proper court rule as quickly as possible and ended up messaging the wrong rule. Instead, I should have taken 3-4 minutes longer to sure that was the correct rule which would have applied for the disputed objection standard.
My work at L&M was light this week because I had 3 final exams for the courses I was enrolled in for the summer. One great thing I appreciate about working for a remote firm is as long as you meet the deadlines, you are able to create your schedule and allocate your time accordingly. Because I knew for the rest of this week I would be out of commission, I cancelled an originally planned vacation during th July weekend in order to complete my tasks for L&M so that I would not fall behindeadlines. This week, I was tasked with completing edits to a Motion for Default Judgement that Tiffany had previously worked on and drafts for a Request for Production and also a Request for Interrogatories for two clients.
Upon my meeting with Lema, I realized that I did not complete the work for the last two assignments sufficiently because I had incorrectly written in my notes to create “shells” for the draft Requests. Thus, I instead ended up wasting my time by searching through client files to model both Requests and incorrectly focused on the formatting of the templates. Rather, Lema explained that she had intended for me do more substantive work that would require, essentially, “legal thinking skills.” I felt disappointed with my mistake for incorrectly writing down my assignments in my notes. (This will be addressed in my advice for the week!)
Further, upon review for the Motion for Default Judgement, I was tasked to create 3 additional documents, which include affidavits to be submitted along with the motion. I look forward to completing this matter as well as researching and writing for the L&M Mock Hearing next week! I’m quite nervous because a lot of the L&M attorneys and staff are invited to observe, so I hope to amply prepare.
The attorneys at L&M are always busy and sometimes may very swiftly give you detailed assignments. I realized this week that it is CRUCIAL to make sure you have everything down correctly because you will only end up wasting your valuable time working on tasks that weren’t even assigned to you in the first place. I should have followed up to confirm what it is I was supposed to work on, and my failure just resulted in wasted time that would not even have been billable in the “real legal world.”
This week was eventful to say the least. It was the week of the Mock Trial hearing at L&M, and it was truthfully extremely stressful working with a short turnaround time. I was honestly never good at public speaking growing up, and it was an innate fear that transferred over when I began law school. I absolutely dreaded being cold called by the professors during class, even when I knew the answers. The fear of saying something incoherently or not exactly aligned with what the professor was looking for, instilled in me a kind of nervousness that made my voice crack and hands shake!
Then, I found out that our Advocacy class of our second semester would essentially be working on a 30-page memorandum as well as prepping for the end of the year oral argument, which was a competition amongst our entire 1L class of 236 students! To keep this short, I was terrified, but I knew that this was a weakness I had to work on if I ever wanted to succeed as a future lawyer. And therefore, I remember rehearsing my roadmap in front of my Zoom camera every day to feel comfortable with the words and flow of my argument. The numerous days of practice proved to be fruitful as I became more comfortable speaking in front of the camera, which ultimately allowed me to place at the top of my class for the final class oral argument.
But when we were assigned the L&M mock trial date, I immediately felt nervous again because this time it wasn’t in school where you were supposed to make mistakes. I felt more pressure being that it was for a summer clerkship in front of the practicing attorneys who are constantly reviewing your work quality. One week prior to my mock trial date, I was assigned the case facts, issue, and side I was to argue. Because I was finishing up final exams the prior week, I honestly did not get a chance to start actual research for my memorandum until the weekend of my oral argument. I had to harness all the focus and energy I could muster into a short couple of days to turn in work that I found satisfactory. It was quite stressful, but I knew this kind of short turnaround is very real in actual practice.
And as soon as I was able to complete my memo, I reorganized my case law and points into a concise flow that would be easier to understand for the listening panel. Unfortunately, because of the short turnaround, I ran out of time to memorize my intro and key arguments. I had no choice but to read off the screen, which was one of the constructive feedback items that I had received – to read less. I completely understand why this is important, because it all goes towards appearing as persuasive as possible in front of both the judge and potential jury when working as a litigator.
ADVICE
Even if you know you’re bad at something, it ALWAYS helps to practice. And that’s with everything. Whether it be a new hobby you pick up or a new language you learn. I think the law, despite it being extremely complex with many skills that need to be mastered, the fear of public speaking is something I know I personally will be working on for the rest of my legal career. So, my key advice is as you prepare for the L&M mock trial and you don’t feel so sure of yourself for the oral argument, just say your prepared roadmap at least 2 or 3 times in front of your camera and I can guarantee that it will help ease your nerves.
I intentionally did not volunteer myself for extra assignments this week (outside of what I already had outstanding) because today is my birthday and I had originally planned a short trip to Chicago for this upcoming weekend! Unfortunately, after having successfully dodged COVID for the past 2 years, I tested positive for it yesterday. (The same day President Biden had also tested positive for COVID). This was not supposed to be a pity post, but rather to explain why I did not have a rather full week of assignments.
Although I had moved from my Litigation rotation to the Transactional rotation the past week, Megan graciously allowed me to complete my assignments for Lema this week. I had completed my edits to the Motion for Default Judgment and worked on 3 Exhibits to be submitted along with this motion. After Lema reviewed my work, one of the Exhibits I had presented for attorney fees was incorrectly done, and therefore, I must re-work on that this weekend. Further, my Request for Production was subpar, and Marlene graciously shared a previous Request for Production that Lema had created, so I can model after hers. I believe I will also have to revise my Interrogatories as well this weekend.
The silver lining of having cancelled my birthday trip this weekend was that I could catch up on my outstanding work, so then I could be assigned Transactional assignments next Monday. Further, I feel behind on other last minute wedding planning with only 3 weeks left until my big day, and therefore, I am definitely feeling the time crunch at this point.
Another silver lining of having stayed home today was that I was able to help Megan with a quick assignment today. I was tasked to provide a brief summary for a new case on a dispute with a company’s CEO who had neglected his financial obligations and other overall duties as a CEO.
My advice for this week is to try and find the silver lining. I am not going to lie; I was initially frustrated and deeply saddened today from my newly found sick condition. But I realize I may have needed this time to recuperate and catch up on my other work and personal deadlines outside of work, in order to be sane the following weeks. Things may not go as planned, but I always believe everything happens for a reason.
As we near the end of our summer clerkship, I also reach closer to my wedding date and the MPRE exam, which is only 2 days before my wedding. I currently feel like a headless chicken just running around in circles as I try to juggle a million things at once from helping all my family members prepare for the wedding. In addition to my personal juggles, I was tasked this week at my courthouse internship to oversee voir dire and complete jury duty processes alone, which was quite stressful in and of itself because any mistake on my part could have resulted in a mistrial. I truthfully don’t know how the time goes by and it amazes me as I complete my week 11 journal entry.
Mac had me work on an assignment to outline the justifications for piercing the corporate veil. This was quite interesting because I am very passionate about helping young startup businesses, and most of the time, young business owners are not well versed in the importance of maintaining corporate books or adhering to other corporate formalities. Because most young businesses also do not have enough funds to pay full cost of damages from a potential lawsuit, companies seek ways to pierce the corporate veil in order to be paid from the business owner’s personal savings. I loved reading further into the complexities of how the corporate veil can be shattered, and it is my job to turn in work that could be used to explain to future clients in a simplified manner on the importance of what they should do as the CEO of a corporation in order to avoid liability.
I also had a final meeting with Lema the other day to review my Request for Production and Interrogatories for a client’s case. It was quite a humbling experience trying to be specific and broad at the same time when creating my requests and questions, as they are limited and therefore, you cannot waste a single one. As Lema reviewed my work, she had to break down most of my requests for production to be broader, but in an artful way, she would reword them to be specific. I was simply amazed as she swiftly rewrote some of my requests in real time so that I can learn the proper way to prepare these documents. This was probably one of the more challenging assignments that I had worked on this summer, actually, because it required me to apply a new critical thinking skill that I never had the chance to work on while in law school.
Be grateful for the mentorship that is provided during your summer clerkship program and try to be present during each meeting. It really goes by fast, but I have found the teachings during the weekly hours spent with my mentor, Mac, as truly invaluable. You get to hear of their personal stories and personalized lessons that you may not get from the other attorneys during your rotation because they are simply so busy.
As we near the final week of the L&M summer clerkship program, the week had started off with a wholesome, bonding time with Tiffany and Ghallia over the weekend. I remember when I first started the clerkship program, I felt nervous and anxious as I experienced many “firsts” with assignments and working with the practicing attorneys here at the firm. One thing that I wish I had done earlier on (because I think it would have immensely reduced my anxiety levels) is to have reached out to others and try to build a friendship with my peers. I think because the legal community fosters a competitive field by nature, it feels difficult to show your “weaker” side by being open with your fears and concerns. But once I was able to with Tiffany and Ghallia, I instantly felt reassured and supported by their kindness. I no longer felt alone, and this was so empowering.
This week, I completed my assignment for, Mac, by writing a brief memo on the corporate veil piercing, specific to Texas law. I enjoyed this assignment because I am quite interested in business law, due to my family business background, and it was interesting to see the analysis that courts apply on whether to justify a corporate veil piercing to make the individuals personally liable for the company’s debts. From this assignment, I also created a one page “cheat sheet” containing the advice for corporations and LLCs to comply by and avoid a corporate veil piercing. I also believe that this assignment has prepared me for my upcoming Corporations and Business Enterprises class this Fall.
Secondly, I was tasked by Megan to draft a pre-lawsuit letter for a client. This was somewhat challenging because I had never done anything like this before, nor did I know that this was a thing. Because the opposing party refused our multiple requests to turn over our client’s property, this letter was essentially the final warning that we were serious in proceeding with litigation. Additionally, I was tasked to research contract templates for Product Placement contracts for influencer gifting. I found a few, but I hope to receive feedback from Megan on whether I found the right templates because there were quite a few floating the web.
Finally, I also finished up my 60 second legal video for L&M. From my first submission, I was unable to comply with making it under one minute, and thus, my constructive criticism was to follow directions and re-make it as requested within the time limit. That was somehow challenging because I had felt I already shortened my content as concisely as possible without losing valuable information.
My advice for this week is to follow directions, no matter how hard it may be. Because if you don’t and submit work that isn’t aligned with what your superiors want, you will most likely end up having to do it again and waste further time. (As this is what happened for me with the 60 second legal video assignment)