The Atlanta Lawyer August/September 2015 | Page 31

SLIP Appreciation Breakfast
translator. When your child said that their day was “good”
it really means that I probably interviewed potential clients,
visited court, made great strides on my legal projects I was
given, met many interesting people around the office, had
an engaging and educational dialogue with my mentor
or I just really enjoyed being in a great legal and working
environment or some or all of the above. Oh, did I mention I
got a delicious free lunch?
If your child said that their day was “stressful”, what they
really mean is that they probably accepted one too many
assignments, shredded an important document by accident,
maybe they printed 300 copies of a document when only
one was needed, maybe they locked themselves out of the
office or spilled coffee on themselves or some or all of the
above. That is what a “stressful” day entails in the eyes of
an Intern.
If your child tells you that they are “tired,” what they really
mean is that everything that I mentioned previously in both
the “good day” and the “stressful day” probably all happened
today and now we see why our parents are frequently tired.
With all of these life experiences, in between writing thank
you letters to our speakers and weekly “Enrichment” which
closely resembles what we call “Homework” during the school
year, along with a 700 word Essay we had to write about a
recent United States Supreme Court decision, needless to
say we all learned a great deal and had a small taste of
the real world
as
working
individuals.

interns strong and the Intern Program is just getting better
and better each year. I will be proud to be an alumnus of this
program and I cannot wait for my own chance to give back
and be involved with this Internship Program in the future.
To my fellow Interns, I urge you to not forget this opportunity,
this moment and the people we have all met this summer.
We are so fortunate and blessed to have been in the places
we were in this summer and to experience what we did. I
urge you to take this summer and use it as a spring board
into your junior year or senior year in high school or freshman
year in college. Let the lessons from this summer be used
and applied in your everyday lives. Let this program give you
confidence and reassurance that you will never be alone in
your pursuits from now ۋ