Blog 14: Third Interview Preparation

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

I plan to interview my mentors dad, Gustavo Barcena. He is an attorney with more then 20 years of experience. I have interacted with him while at mentor ship, and I think he'd be a great person to interview. He has so much experience and getting to get his perspective of the law would be great.

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

I have not yet verified a date with Mr.Barcena, yet i see him every week at mentor ship he has not yet confirmed a day in which we can have an uninterrupted session. I plan to interview him this month and if that doesn't happen than the first week of February will be a definite time.

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

How can I work on expanding my connections, to use as resources? Throughout your early years of experience how did you increase your horizons?

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).

After I introduce my EQ.....Who can I talk to? Or what can I get involved with that can teach me more? 

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

1) From your experience is there a difference in the American Justice System from when you first started, to were it is today?

2) Is there a particular law passed over the course of your career that really became a game changer in the world of law?

3) What are some of your court experiences like now vs. how they were in the beginning?

4) Do you think that there are any major events that have influenced our American Justice system,if so how do you think it would be if they hadn't have happened?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am doing my mentorship at Law Offices of Noreen L. Barcena, located in East LA.

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

I am doing my mentorship with Noreen Barcena, who is an immigration, family, and criminal justice attorney. She has a practice in East LA, along with her father and some other associates. She has been practicing law for about 2 years and a half, and also has a lot of connections which is very important to have, as an attorney.

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).

I have completed 13 hours with my mentor. There's usually times when we can't meet, but the times we do meet they are productive, and my mentor is great at including me as much as she can.

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

During mentorship depending on whether there is a client to meet that day, I can sit in and observe the process. Other days when she doesn't have clients coming in we sit in her office and discuss some of her past cases, or she lets me ask her any questions I have. She also tells me about her training she has to go through every year. Basically she lets me in on as much as she can, and I find it really interesting and a great learning environment. I plan to start going twice a week for a couple of hours.

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?

During my break I was having a lot of fun until, I remembered about the senior project. I figured something had to get done. So during my break I looked for some material I could use for research check, and some films I could use for my IC. 

             

 Some movies for my IC:                                       1) Lincoln Lawyer

                 2) To Kill A Mocking Bird

                 3) Fixing the System (VICE)

                 4) The Trials of Darryl Hunt

                 5) The Iceman Tapes

          

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 piece of information I obtained was about the five components of the criminal justice system. I was reading an article that talked about the importance of these components and how they all work together, 

  

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 plan to interview my mentors well respected father who is an attorney, can really help me because he's so experienced.