Today, Ashley, Adam, and I met with our summer coordinator, a nice young associate by the name of Ron Grace. Ron took is to lunch and discussed our summer calendar of events. Highlights include bowling, Roscoe's, day trip to Sacramento, two-day trip to San Francisco for a deposition clinic, theatre, and of course, cup stacking. Also noteable was a series of "Field Trip Lunches" whereby each Friday, an associate takes us to lunch to a divey hole-in-the-wall restaurant that is "representative of their personality."
After lunch, Ashley and I sat in on a deposition ("depo") being taken by Tom Long, one of the partners and an experienced litigator. Besides us, the people in the room were the witness, his lawyer, a stenographer, and Tom. It's interesting because I found that depositions are as much a game of poker as they are a tool of justice. The witness had every incentive to avoid answering as many questions as possible, and Tom was trying to ensure that the witness couldn't tell that he knew when he was lying. I fell asleep for a part of it, but I chalk that up to food coma.
Ashley, Adam, and I went to happy hour after work at a restaurant on the ground floor of the building. We thought we were staying late (6:00PM), but when we got to the restaurant, there was a table full of partners and associates who had obviously gotten there an hour or so before us. We summers got a separate table, and Tom Long later joined us. I recounted to him my story about turning the wrong way yesterday, which in retrospect I shouldn't have done because soon thereafter, Tom had created a nickname for me: "Wrong Way Yeh." Very witty.
Lunch: Cafe Pinot, across the street from the U.S. Bank Tower. Very fancy, and probably very expensive. I had a Kobe Beef burger, and we got some sort of tuna-avocado-sushi-thing. Tasty.
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