Over the summer of 2023, I interned as a law clerk at Bay Area Legal Aid. In fact, this experience was so fulfilling that we extended the summer clerkship to the full year.

My responsibilities involved:

• Assisting staff attorneys with tasks such as overhauling databases on community-based organizations (CBOs), drafting, and sending retainer agreements and closing letters.

• Reaching out to different court offices to schedule appointments and sitting in on collaborative court hearings, as well as legal intakes.

• Creating resource guides and presentations discussing topics such as consent and boundaries, youth interactions with law enforcement, and the basics of domestic violence.

• Developing resource booklets for emancipated youth on navigating social services and the legal system.

• Presenting at local youth shelters for vulnerable youth and juvenile detention centers.