DC meets KK

Greetings from the nation's capital! For those of you who don't know me, I'll start this blog with a little introduction of myself. Like many other college students, I bounced back and forth between what I wanted to major in and ultimately do with my life. I came to Cal in 2006 majoring in secondary education for English and Spanish, but after a year or so I decided to follow the great American way and change my mind. Now, three years later I am currently a senior majoring in political science/pre-law with a minor in justice studies and will be graduating in December - however more specifically, at the moment I'm just a blonde trying to figure out the metro and find my way around this bustling city. (Just kidding, it is so much easier than I had anticipated.) I'm interning with a private law firm, Bonner Kiernan Trebach & Crociata. This firm specializes in strictly defense litigation for numerous different types of practice groups. I couldn't be more excited or ask for a better job experience. I'm not entirely sure about what area of law I would like to work with in the future, which is part of why I like the idea of interning with this particular firm. BKT&C covers so many different aspects of law and will provide me with a great background and understanding of what lies ahead at law school and future careers. I'm a little nervous for my first day, but mostly I'm just excited.

I'm living with three other girls in North Bethesda and our apartment is much nicer than I expected it to be. (About a million times nicer.) However, there always has to be atleast one aspect that keeps things interesting. In our case, it is our dishwasher. It does its job, but it is by far the loudest thing I have ever heard, and it runs forever. I don't think words can describe these sounds, but we are fully expecting the neighbors to file a noise complaint before all is said and done. I have been doing some sight-seeing over the last few days and getting a bit more familiar with the D.C area. So far, I have toured around the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument, WWII Memorial, the Korean and Vietnam Memorials, the FDR Memorial (which was probably my favorite) and the Jefferson Memorial (which is about 10 million miles out of the way, but worth it I suppose.) I've been looking into doing some visits to some local law schools since I plan to send out applications in the fall. There are about a million things to do, but I think I'm going to have to pace myself a little bit better. I'm already exhausted and I haven't even begun my internship and other assignments yet.

I start my internship on June 1st so I'll fill you in on what my duties will be and a bit more about how the firm is structured. In addition to my internship, I will be taking a class,Our Living Constitution, on Monday nights, and will be attending various lectures, seminars, and events through the Washington Center. In between all of these things I will be doing a lot more sight-seeing, so keep checking back to see pictures and stories about my job and places like the Holocause Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, the Smithsonian Institute, and various other places throughout the National Mall.