Keesal, Young, & Logan

Question 1

Tell me about yourself.

Answer 1

1. Became interested in the legal field in College
2. JKitta for 2 Years
   - Worked on discovery and trial prep
3. Law School & LWR
   - MPA in Support of Motion to Set Aside Info.
   - one point away from a perfect score
4. All for the Family this Summer
   - Built on research skills

Question 2

What is your greatest weakness?

Answer 2

Perfectionist

1. A challenge for me, but which worked for me as a legal intern doing trial prep and research, is that i’m detail oriented which sometimes results in me being a perfectionist and getting STUCK IN THE DETAILS and forgetting to take a step back and seeing the bigger picture.
2. Impacted my grade my first semester
   - Concerned with writing perfect outline, no time to do many practice q’s and essays.
3. HOWEVER, 2nd semester, careful about balancing my time between managing the details, organizing them in my outline, and having enough time to do practice tests which resulted in me improving my grades and getting onto the dean’s list.

Question 3

What is your greatest strength?

Answer 3

ADAPTABILITY

1. Good at adapting and learning new things quickly
2. Law firm, job was different each day, was the only intern
3. worked with multiple attorneys & did a variety of different assignments everyday.
4. Learned how to thrive in a fast paced environment.

Question 4

What is your greatest accomplishment?

Answer 4

Dean’s list second semester

Question 5

What do you like to do outside of law school?

Answer 5

Travel with family

Run

Question 6

Why are you interested in Keesal?

Answer 6

1. National reputation for its business litigation department
2. I love that the Sf office SPECIFICALLY is a smaller sized firm
   - Suits my work style because it’s what I was exposed to at my previous internship.
   - Given more responsibility
   - More varied work and more exposure to different practice areas and attorneys

Question 7

What is the biggest mistake you’ve made?

Answer 7

Not asking for help during my second semester.

However, the next semester reached out to professors.

Resulted in knowing what was expected of me and making it onto the dean’s list.

Question 8

Who is your biggest hero?

Answer 8

Mom

• had me at young age
• very determined
• always gave me motivational talks
• got my persistence from her

Question 9

What characteristics are important for this position/an attorney?

Answer 9

1. Persistence
   
   • Big work load, long hours, complex cases that are not always favorable to your client, needs to be persistent in order to do well in the long run.
2. Collaborative nature
   
   • Encourages different perspectives
   • Offers solutions and new ways to handle difficult issues
   • Ex. Jkitta they did this a lot, which resulted in finding better ways to handle a complex issue. Which is also why I want to continue working for a smaller firm.

Question 10

Tell me about a time you took leadership/what experience prepared you to work for a law firm?

Answer 10

1. Elected as director of academics for my sorority
2. Responsible for girls with different academic backgrounds and learning styles.
3. Made a plan catered to each of their needs in order to push them forward to where they needed to be academically
4. SKILLS LEARNED HERE ARE SIMILAR TO SKILLS NEEDED IN ATTY CLIENT RELATIONSHIP
5. Must establish trust with client by working with client on a one to one basis to understand their needs and their specific circumstances.

Question 11

How would you build a trusting relationship with a client?

Answer 11

1. Show you prioritize them
   
   • Be responsive
   • Understand their specific needs and circumstances
2. Set proper expectations

Question 12

What makes you the best candidate for this role? Why should we choose you?

Answer 12

ADAPTABILITY

1. Good at adapting and learning new things quickly
2. Law firm, job was different each day, was the only intern
3. worked with multiple attorneys & did a variety of different assignments everyday.
4. Learned how to thrive in a fast paced environment.

Question 13

What non-legal book

Answer 13

Because we do so much reading in law school, when I do have free time I like to spend it on other things like traveling, hanging out with friends, hiking, etc.

Question 14

Tell me more about your research project/writing sample and what you enjoyed about it?

Answer 14

1. MPA in Support of Motion to Set Aside the Information
2. Argued that my client was improperly held to answer for the crime of burglary
3. Prosecution provided insufficient evidence to conclude that my client committed burglary because my client lacked burglarious intent and entry

Enjoyed reading through cases until you find the one that makes your clients case.

Enjoyed the process of persuading the judge to reach the result most favorable to my client.

Enjoyed creating the strongest arguments and refuting opposing arguments.

Question 15

What do you want to do in 10 years

Answer 15

• Pass bar first time
• Be apart of a firm that has a great business litigation, hopefully Keesal
• Become mentor for an associate whose the first in his/her family to be in the legal field.

Question 16

What did you do last summer in your internship?

Answer 16

Did a lot of research on child custody cases.

Really enjoyed building off of my research skills learned from 1L year and applying it to these cases.

Question 17

How do you like law school?

Answer 17

Enjoyed my LRW class. Drafted MPA and was one point away from perfect score.

Question 18

Any questions?

Answer 18

1. What kind of training does your firm provide to the summer associates?
2. How is the work assigned? Do we get to work with multiple attorneys or one? And how is feedback provided?
3. What traits are shared between the best associates at the firm?
4. What sets Keesal apart from other firms?
5. What made you interested in the law and what was your biggest challenge throughout law school/getting your first legal career in the practice area you were most interested in?

Question 19

Ideal Job/What do you look for in a firm?

Answer 19

1. Collaborative Culture
   
   • Encourages different perspectives and results in solutions and new ways to handle complex issues.
2. Transparency with employer
   - Benefits both sides when person is transparent with what they need and the other understands what is expected of them.
3. Smaller firm, like Keesal
   - More responsibility
   - More varied work
   - More opportunity to work with different attorneys

Question 20

Are your grades a good indicator of your academic abilities?

Answer 20

1. My second semester grades are. But more than anything I think the GROWTH FROM FIRST SEM. TO SECOND SEM. IS.

Question 21

What made you choose GGU?

Answer 21

1. Received a full ride scholarship
2. Location, I’ve always lived in the bay area and plan on staying here.
3. In the middle of a city where theres opportunity to network.

Question 22

Whats the most important reward you expect from your legal career and from this position.

Answer 22

1. Opportunity to try new things in the legal field.
2. Learn from experienced attorneys about the field that I want to get into.
3. Learn about different ways attorneys tackle complex issues.

Question 23

How well do you work under pressure?

Answer 23

1. Thrive under pressure because did so at John Kitta & Associates.
2. One intern and multiple attorneys

Question 24

Problem you solved

Answer 24

Alpha Phi Director of Academics

Question 25

How are you prepared to work with clients/colleagues who are different from you?

Answer 25

Viewing difference in opinion as a positive thing.

Encourages different perspective which in turn results in solutions and new ways to solve complex issues.

Question 26

What criteria are you using to evaluate the employer for which you hope to work for?

Answer 26

1. If its someone I can see as a mentor.
2. Someone who I can get along with and who can teach me.
3. Welcomes a collaborative culture.
4. Wants to trust me with responsibility of working with caseloads.

Question 27

What do you like most about law school?

Answer 27

LWR

The challenge and the satisfying feeling once you’ve dedicated yourself then preserver.

Question 28

Tell me more about what you did in Jkitta

Answer 28

1. That firm has a special place in my heart, they took me in when I was a baby to this field.
2. Initially started with client consultation forms and admin work
3. Worked up to doing discovery work and trial prep.
4. Property Dispute - drafted deep questions, sat in depo, reviewed transcript for any inconsistencies between what was said and the evidence we had.
5. Civil harassment case - helped gather information, witnesss lists, exhibits, sat in on trial.

Question 29

What type of research did you do for all for the family?

What type of court hearings and trials did you attend?

Answer 29

1) Research on child custody cases.

Specifically, child custody evaluations at trial and what are the limits on expert hearsay.
RULE: Any case specific facts relied on by an expert are hearsay and cannot be admitted.

2) Registering an out of state restraining order to CA.

TRIALS/COURT HEARINGS

1) Sisk Case - domestic violence restraining order
- went to domestic violence hearing
- judge decided to continue the temporary restraining order