Law Office 1/19/2011

Today was a pretty busy day for me. My sponsor (Shayla) had several tasks in mind for me, along with her assistant. First Shayla wanted me to create a spreadsheet containing the figures for child support (D). I had to use Excel, which I have used before but it had been a couple of years since the last time, so I was freaking out because I didn't want to mess it up (F). There were several sheets of different figures that I had to determine which was accurate and I had to label them the way Shayla wanted which was a little tricky since I'm not completely familiar with all the law terms yet (D). When I was finished I printed it out and immediately had to go sit in on one of Mr. Dodds' consultations. This consultation was with new clients who were trying to settle trust funds for their deceased father (D). After the meeting I checked in with Shayla and it turns out she made some changes to the spreadsheet, which made me feel really embarrassed because I wanted to get it right the first time (F). Fortunately they were only minor changes and she even printed out my copy and the copy she made changes to so I could see my mistakes which was really helpful. I'm glad Shayla gave me a task that I could not get completely accurate the first time because it gave me an opportunity to understand how exactly she wants her work done and it challenged me to do better (A). After the spreadsheet I began organizing some of her assistant's papers which takes over an hour so I didn't finish all of it (D). Around 2:30 me and Shayla went to the courthouse to file a few documents. She wanted to show me exactly how to do it so in the future I could go by myself and and get them filed and stamped. This makes me nervous but also excited because I know it's great experience because every lawyer must learn how to file their documents in the court system so learning it at 17 is only putting me ahead of the game (F/A). Overall today was a great learning experience.