ERW

I did end up getting a job, after all (everyone knew that I would but it was certainly felt uncertain in my own mind for the first few weeks I was up here). I'm working at Equal Rights Washington, an LGBTQ rights organization. I turned down a paid position doing personal injury work to take this position. My thought was that this is really the last summer where I will have the luxury of working for free for something about which I am passionate. I have no intention of doing personal injury work in the future and the thought of spending my whole summer doing that was less than appealing. I think I made the right decision, but I still feel somewhat remorseful that I was unable to get any sort of true legal job. I did interview for a part-time family law gig last week (since I will only be working at ERW part time), but they did not respond by the date they told me they would. They may still do so, but with each passing day the chance of that happening grows more and more unlikely.

At ERW I'm doing mostly political work, as we're currently fighting a campaign to keep Referendum 71 off the November ballot (the anti-gay rights groups are trying to get the most recent expansion of Washington's domestic partnership rights repealed). I've been writing up a lot of talking points, op-eds, etc. Because the schedule is so flexible I've had a lot of time to visit with friends, work on law review, make challenging new recipes, et cetera. I know I should just be enjoying myself, but I keep feeling as though there's something more in my professional life I should be working towards...but what?