Blog 14: Third Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan to interview Javier Castillo. He is an attorney, not only that my mentor  is the one that gave me the idea to interview him.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

I don’t really have his number so I can’t say that I’ve called him but I hope to see him on Saturday to get more details.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

Do you know where I can find some good resources?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What can do you think I can do to learn more?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

1. What do you think of my EQ?
2. How can it be improved upon?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

At first it was at Mr. Benitez’s office then towards the end of the year it was him coming to see me and we would discuss things. He gives me good advice and some sources to read from.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

My contact is Mr. Benitez. He is a lawyer that used to work for the Pool Law group where he worked for a bankruptcy lawyer. Bankruptcy was also an elective for him in law school.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

About 11 hours over the school year.

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

Well in short I visited him where he works, shadowed him a little bit, and talked to him about things I need help with. I know that in order to finish the rest of the hours I’ll have to focus on mentorship so I talked with Mr. Benitez about seeing him more.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

Over break I met up with Mr. Benitez. I wanted to talk to him about what I could do for an  Independent Component next semester. I also tried to plan out when I could see him in 2016. I didn't do much research on my topic besides that.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

The most important thing I learned were the ideas Mr. Benitez gave me for an Independent component. He told me to go to a courthouse and try to see other lawyers in action. I think this is a cool idea and a good opportunity. The source is just from Mr. Benitez.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

I was planning on asking Mr. Benitez in he could give me the contact info of a former coworker of his.I want to interview the coworker because he or she would also be able to help me in my certain area of law.