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SUMMER MENTORSHIP HOURS
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8/4/20148I learned legal terms, followed the boss around with a notepad, sat in on three potential client meetings8
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8/5/20148I recieved an desk in the back office. I learned how to put files into online folders and scan papers onto the computer.16
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8/6/20148I scanned old case files into online logs, sat in on two potential client meetings, and opened up Kurzban's Law book.24
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8/7/20149I got up early to visit a client at Santa Ana Detention Facility. I filed current client folders & finnished the first ch. of Kurzban's book.33
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8/8/20148I took notes on the employee's daily duties, learned how to answer the phones, but failed because I didn't speak Spanish well enough41
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8/11/20148I tried answering phones again. Failed again. I went back to filing and sorting through current and old files. 49
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8/12/20148I sat in on one potential client meeting. I greeted the client and showed them out. I worked with logging files in Excel and scanned. 57
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8/13/20148I scanned then shredded old files. I filed current ones, took more notes on how to talk to clients and greeted clients at the door. 65
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MENTORSHIP HOURS
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9/8/20143I cleaned out one of the back room offices, filed documents and worked on excel.3
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9/9/20143I sorted online folders and was shown how to do part of the bill statement job.6
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9/10/20143I put statements into envalopes, postmarked them, circled balances and was in charge of delivery to the post office.9
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9/11/20143The staff members had a breif discussion about 9/11 that turned into a sort of 2 hour insightful lecture, then I scanned.12
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9/15/20143I sorted online folders and cleaned the back office out for the week. 15
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9/16/20143I watched one of the employee's take notes as she let me hear her talk to clients through the speaker phone(only in English)18
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9/17/20143I took notes on a consultations and obseved only one for the day, then had time so scanned old files to computers21
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9/18/20143I read again the Kurzban's law book, no notes just to understand again the history of immigration to get a basis of understanding24
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9/22/20143I cleaned the office from the weekend closing, and took care of the huge filing box that piled up over the weekend as well.27
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9/23/20143I took more notes on Kurtzbans book and listened to potential clients (scheduled appointments) and walk in's. 30
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9/24/20143I put end of the month statements (BILLS) into envalopes, circled balances and was in charge of delivery to the post office.33
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9/25/20143I sat in on THREE potential client meetings which is a HUGE success!36
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10/6/20143I worked on scnaning, shredding and lots of filing that stacked up over my week off39
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10/7/20143I observed the workplace and listened to employees answer phone calls and see what they do online42
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10/8/20143I observed my mentor in his workplace setting for about 30 min and then went to downtown L.A. to submit forms to different courts45
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10/9/20143We went to downtown again to pick up some of the forms that needed to be signed the previous day.48
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10/13/20143I checked inventory for office supplies, created a spreadsheet of necessitites and learned how to order things from Quil.com51
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10/14/20143I cleaned up the office, and waiting room and learned how to 'properly' greet clients. 54
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10/15/20143I read more from Kurzban's book only to find out that all that I have been reading has been pretty irrelevent considering the edition.57
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10/16/20143I made copies and was basically the errend girl for the day in case staplers were out of staples and faxes needed to be faxed ect. 60
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11/3/20142I worked in the back office and sorted out receipts of the supplies bought for the office. Apperently the owner has them catagorized.62
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11/4/20142I worked in the back office again and I'm beginning to consider it my office. I seperated old client files from previous years into new binders64
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11/5/20142I got to create my own meathod of keeping track of previous clients case retainer sheets. I catogorized them by year clumped in threes. ex: 2006-200966
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11/6/20142While finnishing up organizing old retainer sheets, we had to stop working due to a police/ FBI search of a local criminal on the run causing a hault in work.68
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12/1/20142I watched my mentor as he prepped for the Guzman trial, it was suppose to be smooth sailing from our last meeiting but now we have a new hearing date70
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12/2/20142
I tried to help by taking intiative, when nobody asked me to do anything and the doorbell rang, I greeted the clients using my class gained skills with confidence
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12/3/20142
My mentor is finnishing up the last bits of the Guzman trial and I was in charge of communicating to the client the set trial date and time to double check with them
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12/4/20142I called again because nobody picked up the last time, informed the Guzmans about tomorrow and learned about what we expect to happen...76
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12/5/20142
The Guzman trial was today at the L.A. courthouse but it was postponed for the second time in a row. This should be the last time this happens, we have a date
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1/5/20152
Today was the beginning of the new year. Although we were closed for days observing holidays, I worked at home but I will not count those hours b/c it was not in a work environment
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1/6/20152Because of the new year we are cleaing out old files to make way for the hopeful rush of new ones.82
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1/7/20152Today I made about 35 new folders, which includes gettting the right forms for each section of the folder, hole punching and putting in the correct format84
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1/8/20152It was the final day for the only other mentee other than me. She was training as a legal assistant for her college class. Her name was Iesha. 86
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1/12/20152I sat in on one potential client interview and it went really well, even though it ran really long which we should have charged extra for...but we didn't. She signed.88
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1/13/20152
I had to take files that were in the offices and put them back into our shelves in alphabetical order which was difficult because some files were too big to carry!
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1/14/20152Breaking backs today becuase we did an imptromptu cleaning session before a big client came in to decide is he wanted to hire us. We had word about him. 92
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1/15/20152I observed Nubia making phone calls and tried to answer a few of my own (which I will not do again for a long while) and organized parking reciepts.94
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1/20/20152
We observed Martin Luther King day so b/c it was the day after we tried to have a little discussion about how we felt immigration related to the history of the holiday
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1/21/20152There were no pt's today but two people came in to make a payment and we had to stay after office hours to wait for one who was driving in from El Centro. 98
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1/22/20152We had to continue transfering files online to google drive now, as we are converting our system settings online and this will take months. 100YAY! 100!
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1/26/20152Today we sorted out reciepts for parking, gas and ticket stubs from the courthouse vallet parking for office taxes for the year of 2013/2012102
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1/27/20152
Took advantage of the fact that the attorney had court that day and organized/ Cleaned out his office of unused work&files. Bad idea-We're not doing that again.
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1/28/20152Today we had to fix the mess we created yesterday in cleaning out files that didn't need to be cleaned out at all...106
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1/29/20152A client came in today that was 10 years previously our client and wanted his file back? I had no clue what to do but thank GOODNESS we scanned it online108
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2/2/20152Today was a very slow monday as we had no potential clients or interviews lined up, but scheduled a whole lot of them for next week. 110
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2/3/20152Created files, I now know how to do it without an example file and I've memorized the measurements of the folded paper length now.112
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2/4/20152It was a long day as client came in after client randomly asking questions then leaving. I guess it happens but its random. 114
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4/13/20153We have begun selecting canidates and sorting through resumes for the employment of one new faucalty member117
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4/14/20153I called applicants and created and interview schedule as well as sorted through more resumes with the help of coworkers120
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4/15/20153
Today we decided which applicant we wanted to come back for a second interview and I imputed my ideas into whom i thought would be best suited for the position
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4/16/20153We spent the day finnishing up the last of the interviews becuase we had booked them back to back. Only 4 girls were left today, no males. 126
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4/17/20153Today was an average friday as we answered phone calls, looked over everyones reviews/notes on each one of the people who interviews. 129
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4/20/20153
I had to come in an hour late, which meant staying in after closing with the manager and I got to learn how to close up the office- This new routine was terribly detailed.
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4/21/20153
I came in and prepped the Guzman family for their trial which basically meant asking them a list of question that will be similar to what someone in court may say.I'm nervous for their trial.
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4/22/20153I helped sort out the office tax reciepts for 2011, who knew there was so much organization called for in sorting things?138
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4/23/20153It was a slow day, there seemed to be no calls though I sat ready to answer the phone notepad in hand (unless it was a spanish speaking client)141
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4/27/20153Monday was slow, Nubia will no longer be working at the office, today was a day of goodbyes even though it was the start of the week. 144
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INDEPENDENT COMPONENT 1 HOURS
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DateHoursTotal Hours
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COLLEGE CLASS- PUBLIC ADDRESS in conjuction with my public speaking at the office will enhance my ability to communicate effectively
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9/4/20143We talked about the basic communication process including its main point, adaptivness as well as Communication Symbols and Irreversibility. 3
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9/11/20143We discussed the 4 types of evidence there are, organizational formats, and the purposes of public speaking6
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9/18/20143We discussed the purpose and types of outlining meathods, verbal and non verbal, as well as informative addressed speaches and discussion meathods9
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9/25/20143Today we discussed the types of delivery, at the office I have to use Extemporaneous...and standards for visual aids and graphics while presenting 12
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10/16/20143
Today we spoke about the theory of pursuasion, Aristotle's (the father of rhetoric) ethos pathos logos and ANSVA (attention getter,need, solution, visual& action
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10/23/20143We discussed listening, Overcoming Barriers to effective listening, Analizing audiences by demographics and Language Principles 18
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11/13/20143Today at my college class was my Refutative Adult Stem Cell speech. It was interesting refuting points which I have had to do at the office.21
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11/20/20143Today at my college class was my Final Informative Speech that I presented on the injustices of the college application process24
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12/3/20142I attended her office hours because although I feel like my Final Speech was a success, I wanted to claify questions for the final exam. 26
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12/4/20143
We learned as she lectured about ethnical respect and cultural value to the communication process and its impact on your visualization by others and message impact
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12/11/20143
We took our final written exam as she concluded the class with a breif review before the test on our first lesson of the communication process to ethnical respect
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INDEPENDENT COMPONENT 2 HOURS
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COLLEGE CLASS- PSYCHOLOGY 101 will give me a better insight as to the mental aspects of working with others
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