I Haven't Auditioned Since High School

So it’s pretty close to certain that I’ll be spending the summer in Bethesda. It sounds like the position is tailor made for Katze:
- It’s a fairly small firm—only six permanent associates.
- It’s a very international firm—half of the permanent staff is from another country and at any given time there are also numerous foreign attorneys “on exchange” with the firm.
- It’s in the field I think I’d like to work in.
- I’ll get to use my foreign language skills at least some of the time, as the firm specializes in work with foreign researchers (i.e., AIDS researchers from China)
- It’s in D.C.(well, OK, in the suburbs)- which I honestly thought was out of my reach. I love D.C. and I’m so excited about the opportunity to spend an extended time there. What a phenomenal experience! Plus, it will look really good on my resume.
- The work will be a mix of a very, very interesting political asylum case (and an attendant federal claim, which is going to be muy cool) and filing forms for more routine matters, so I get a little taste of both sides of the field.

But first I need to Answer The Questions Three—metaphorically speaking. I’ll be spending Spring Break working for the firm. If they like me (and I like them), then we’ll set a contract for summer employment.

So now I’m hauling out my old Civil Procedure outlines and commercial preparation materials. I’m also going to spend the next few days looking up information about the federal laws underlying the claims. Then I’ll be refreshing my memory on motions for summary judgment and so on. I want to go in and totally wow them, and even more so, I want NOT to make an ass out of myself.

Tangentially speaking, is this a new trend in job searches?

The bad news it that I probably won’t get to visit Vesna, since she’ll probably be back before I’m finished working for the summer... unless you’re staying longer than I think, Schatz.

And so, if anyone knows someone in Bethesda, MD or in the vicinity, who will be looking for someone to sublet or who might have a guest room that they would be willing to rent out or something like that, please let me know. I need a cheap place to live there, since I’ll have to pay my expenses both here and there for the summer. I’m not particularly picky, and I’m nice, quiet, and easy to live with (or at least I think I am. Julio or Luneray may beg to differ for all I know).