Day Seven, 23 March 2017

This day with my mentor was brief, as he just needed to file a paper at one of the courthouses. He wanted to show me the process of filing the case paper. So we walked into the courthouse in San Francisco, and we went to this part of the lobby that had signs that read "Criminal" and "Family." My mentor told me the case he was filing for was criminal, so we waited for them to call our number to go file the paper. When we finally went inside, there was a lady behind a glass window sitting in her desk. My mentor handed her the paper, as the lady simply needed to stamp it and turn it in. However, she said she could not stamp it, because it was not the original file. My mentor told her that the prosecutor had taken the original file, but the lady said she still needed it. So my mentor explained to me that he needed to speak to the district attorney in order to get the original file with the signature. So we walked back into the courtroom, and my mentor had to try to get it back the original file. After 10 minutes, he finally received it and we went back to the lobby. We once again waited for our number to be called. Once called, we went back to the same lady and she finally stamped it and was able to turn it in for us. I noticed my mentor was a bit annoyed at the whole ordeal of having to run back and forth for the file. He said that is apart of being lawyer, dealing with little things like that, such as filing papers. It was a small part of the job, but it was still important. If he had filed that paper in late, the case may not have been processed. It wasn't a big day or anything, but it's nice to know the small aspects of being a lawyer.


Time logged in for this session: 1 hour
Total time logged: 23 hours

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