July 22nd, 2015
As I near the end of my third summer here at Bordas & Bordas, I still can't seem to find a completely accurate job description. I like to think I've done a little bit of everything from unpacking dishes to reading The Reptile. I firmly believe, however, each experience and task will somehow help me in the future, like when I buy dishes for my own house and have to organize them.
My summers of interning have been far from uneventful. I remember my first day I was given the daunting task of learning names around the office, but not just a few of the names and faces, all of them! Just when I thought I had that down, I discovered there was a whole building with more people next door! That was my first challenge, and a challenge it was.
My second challenge was learning the ins and outs of the scanner and copier (dun dun dunnn). The only place that I have seen more mail and packages is probably the post office itself, but again, I truly believe that was a life skill. I couldn't be a successful businesswoman of a lawyer without.
Last summer when I had mastered the copy machine, I was able to really learn how the process of a case works. From the initial consultation, to filing a case and taking depositions, to being in the courtroom, that process was what really got me hooked. I was amazed by the variety of cases that came through these doors and how quickly people were able to get help and closure.
Geoff Brown, one of the firm’s partners, has given me opportunities far beyond the realm of work I intended. He became a personal mentor advising me what he would do with certain types of cases and how he approaches research. 
I remember being star struck when Mr. Brown would receive daily phone calls from so many world-renowned experts. Those days were the ones where I realized law was for me.
One of the best memories of my times in the Bordas & Bordas office was a job completely unrelated to anything law. Last summer during the week of Jamboree in the Hills, thousands upon thousands of keychain flashlights were handed out to Jambo-goers. Unfortunately, when the keychain order was first received, each one was individually packaged. I, along with two fellow high school interns, spent the week unwrapping each keychain. We were quick to discover that the plastic wrapping was better off cut rather than ripped, and about six or seven could be cut at a time. The three of us and whomever else volunteered laughed the whole time in utter disbelief that we were spending hours upon hours opening the packages. The office was a mountain range of plastic wrap. Even though I'm not really sure what I learned from working with the keychains, that experience was just plain fun. It was even more fun than the day I carried files to the basement if you can believe that.
Looking back on my career at Bordas & Bordas, I never imagined that this experience would be the one guiding my college selection as I enter my senior year of high school. I was interested in law and lucky enough to have been given this opportunity, but never really thought this is what I imagine myself doing for the rest of my life. I'll keep my experiences here in mind as I progress through my senior year, college and law school. Who knows, maybe someday I could be working here again, but next time, as a lawyer or partner.
