Mentorship ~ Meeting Mr. Harris

Today, I was privilidged enough to meet Mr. Harris, the lawyer. This was because I am part of the mentorship program. Ms. Milden, the head of the mentorship program, introduced me to Mr. Harris. Even though it was a one time experience, I thought it was magnificent! I had all of my questions answered, and really enjoyed it when he gave me a tour of the courthouse. It was a wonderful thing to do before I left for L.A., and I'm so happy that I was given the chance to do this. I loved every minute of our session!  When we first got there, he told me a lot about what it was to be a lawyer, and different types of lawyers, and all the basics. Then he started to answer all the questions that I had; he answered them with great detail, which was helpful for me since I don't know much about law. Then after a while of questions and answers, we made our way over to see his assistant, Goldie. I have to say, I kind of felt bad for her when I saw all the paperwork that she had to do. There was even more on the computer, and when she started to explain things to me, I could see how crucial her job was to Mr. Harris. After meeting Goldie, (and a brief hello to Cathy, and also what was leftover of the Halloween party) we went downstairs to see Miss Harry. It was actually pretty cool to meet a female lawyer, seeing from her point of view what it was like to be a lawyer. Everybody was really friendly and open to my being there, and I loved that about the place!! So after seeing everyone, we left to go to the courthouse. 

I always wanted to be inside the courthouse, for I walked past it many, many times, and I finally got to be in there! I got to see the end of a court session, and everything was very official. Yes... official. That's the best way to put it. After seeing that, we got to see the library in the courthouse. It was filled with books as thick as dictionaries that were titled with very official titles. What was really cool was that there was a book that Mr. Harris wrote in the library! It was huge and heavy-I don't know how he managed to write all of it... I bet everything you need to know about law is in that library. A few weeks  (Who am I kidding) months of reading in that library, and I think that I could answer the many questions that I have myself!! That was the end of our session, but despite it being short, it was a great experience; I loved everything about it!! All in all, everybody I met really inspired me and made me think more about being a lawyer. The experience was really helpful and informative!!