{"id":2119,"date":"2020-08-10T18:40:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2020-08-10T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T18:45:11","slug":"smith-23-indiana-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2020\/08\/10\/smith-23-indiana-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith &#8217;23: Indiana Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/08\/Coop-Smi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/08\/Coop-Smi-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\"><\/a>Cooper Smith &#8217;23:&nbsp;<\/em>Wabash experiences often lead to later, unexpected opportunities. After participating in (and loving) the Wabash Moot Court Competition, I knew I needed to find meaningful summer workinthe law \u2013especially work that involved the same analysis and communication skills. Fortunately, the Office of the Indiana Attorney General was looking for a summer undergraduatelaw clerk. Whenit offered me the position,I eagerly accepted.Even though my work did change greatly due to COVID-19, I was fortunate that my internship was still possible.<\/p>\n<p>I spent much of my time working with the Consumer Protection division on class action settlements.When a class action settlement is proposed incourt, each state\u2019s office of the attorney general receives a copy of the settlement and additional essential information. If an attorney general has reason to believe that a settlement is ineffective or unjust, she has the opportunity to object or take other actions against the settlement. My task was intake; I reviewed these settlements as they came in, summarized them, and recommended action or inaction.To many, this may seem mundane. But to me, it was a fascinating window to real cases \u2013and valuableskills.<\/p>\n<p>My work developed my writing and critical reading skills. While these may sound like obvious, simple abilities, they are invaluable in legal practice.As I read settlements, I found greater familiarity with legal writing. When I wrote my recommendations, I had the opportunity to develop my craft. To understand each settlement, Iread dozens of documentsoutlining the agreements the parties had made. I had to read closely to catch any holes that could prevent an effective, just settlement. While I cannot go into details, I did catch major issues with somesettlements \u2013issues that warrantedobjection and state action.These experiences and skills will benefit me in my furtherstudy at Wabash as well as my future career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooper Smith &#8217;23:&nbsp;Wabash experiences often lead to later, unexpected opportunities. After participating in (and loving) the Wabash Moot Court Competition, I knew I needed to find meaningful summer workinthe law \u2013especially work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2020-summer-internships","category-uncategorized"],"w_featured_image_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2125,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}