Blind Prophecy

Okay, so it looks like I’ve fallen off the blogging wagon the last few weeks. I can’t really say I’ve been busy, quite the opposite.

Anyway, so I finished out the summer internship at the beginning of the month. It was a really good experience and made me feel like I’ve finally found the right direction for my career. The work was challenging, the people I worked with were driven and intelligent, and I felt like I was truly contributing to something. I also really enjoyed getting to know my co-interns.

After finishing at Lambda, I started working on campus with the Academic Enrichment Program, a sort of law school boot camp for incoming students. If y’all remember last summer when I very abruptly moved to New York 3 weeks sooner than I had planned, it was to take part in AEP. This summer I returned as a mentor/teaching assistant. My assigned workshop was on time management, where my goal was to impress upon the students how much time would be required of them and the wisdom of keeping a schedule (read as: scare the sh*t out of them). I also ended up playing the role of mean judge in the oral argument preview and proctor during their final exam. In other words, I was always the mean guy.

I did get to take a small group on a field trip to the Met. We spent most of our time enjoying the Picasso exhibit, then the Egyptian wing. We were going to finish our night in the Greek statutes, but a guard encouraged us to head to the roof and watch the Sunset in the Big Bambu exhibit.

The following week, I got the group to come out to a gay club in Hell’s Kitchen, Posh Lounge, where they were having karaoke night with a live band. After blowing out my vocal chords leading a group round of “Don’t Stop Believin’” I mostly watched the rest of the night, but everyone was having a good time.

Since AEP ended, I’ve been trying to get ready for school. We hit the ground running next week. I’ve already been through two rounds of journal assignments and the fall competition for the trial advocacy team is the second weekend of September. I have a paper due on Wednesday, my first day of my fall internship on Tuesday, and I’m a mentor to 5 first year students who I need to meet with.

Good thing I’ll be spending the next 4 days in Miami Beach. I’m heading down for the Lavender Law conference with about a dozen other members of our OUTLaws student group. I spent today making sure all my financial aid stuff was completely done because when I get back from Miami I’m going to be pitifully broke until the loan check clears. Even though I’m technically going down for a conference, I plan to relax as much as I can before school starts.

There isn’t a whole lot else to report. After a few months away, it was nice to start running into my friends on campus again today. It made me excited to start the semester, even if it is going to be a busy one.

Filed under: law school, personal by Jere Keys