Embarking on a Career Dedicated to Access and Equity
Today I am thrilled to introduce Flor Gonzalez, a 3L student at Chapman University해외 카지노 추천s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in California. Like Kendeil Dorvilier and Mamadou Jawo, Flor is already committed to doing work in the legal field that will advance equity, access, and diversity across our society. Like me, Flor has also had to confront many of the challenges that come with being the first person in her family to go to law school, or 해외 카지노 추천first gen.해외 카지노 추천 I hope you enjoy Flor해외 카지노 추천s story as much as I did. While her career in public interest law has only begun, there is already so much we can learn from her example.
Preparing for a Career Helping Communities Gain Access
Flor Gonzalez해외 카지노 추천s interest in a career in public interest law began during an internship with a sole practitioner who represented plaintiffs in employment law. 해외 카지노 추천I learned what it takes to be an attorney,해외 카지노 추천 says the 3L student at Chapman University해외 카지노 추천s Dale E. Fowler School of Law in California. 해외 카지노 추천I really enjoyed the work. Our system is complicated, and for me, it해외 카지노 추천s about helping people get to know the law and making them comfortable with the system.해외 카지노 추천
The internship helped her bring together several different experiences she해외 카지노 추천d had as an undergraduate political science major at UCLA. The political science courses she해외 카지노 추천d taken inspired her to learn more about how different government systems function. Then she discovered international studies. Motivated in part by a desire to learn about women해외 카지노 추천s rights in Latin America, Gonzalez, who was born in Mexico, chose that region as her area of emphasis.
After completing the internship, Gonzalez, who is the first in her family to earn an undergraduate degree, began researching law schools. She eventually settled on Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law in Orange, California, in large part because the school해외 카지노 추천s clinics aligned with her career goals. Gonzalez cites the family protection clinic as being particularly relevant to what she hopes to do after graduating this May. The clinic helps survivors of domestic violence prepare for the protective order program, starting at the basic level of defining a protective order, explaining the stages of the process, going over what the hearing will likely look like, and reviewing the types of evidence that are admissible.
Gonzalez says that being able to work with survivors has reinforced her faith in the law as a positive force. 해외 카지노 추천The law is a way to help communities that don해외 카지노 추천t often have access, whether it해외 카지노 추천s an employee who isn해외 카지노 추천t being paid properly, or a person who needs help with a restraining order, or helping unaccompanied children with getting asylum,해외 카지노 추천 she says.
Gonzalez participates in the law school해외 카지노 추천s Public Interest Law Foundation, which she believes gives participants the opportunity to connect, in an up-close and personal way, with individuals whose lives are impacted by the work of attorneys. Gonzalez says the club has been assembling lunches that include handwritten notes for people in Orange County who are homeless. 해외 카지노 추천I remember meeting a guy who was very embarrassed by his situation, but I wanted to make sure he understood that I wasn해외 카지노 추천t judging him,해외 카지노 추천 she says. 해외 카지노 추천I think it해외 카지노 추천s important to have those face-to-face conversations with individuals.해외 카지노 추천
