During the summer leading up to her senior year, Cora Sugar 25’ interned at the New York County Supreme Court. Cora had the opportunity to learn about the law, witness trials firsthand, and study many cases. Cora spent one month in this internship, working five days a week from 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM.

A typical day in Cora’s internship began with her arriving at the courthouse, followed by a discussion with the director of the internship program who would explain to them what was going on that day in the courthouse. After that, she could observe any case of her choice. Finally, after a lunch break, the interns, focused on their project, which involved finding job opportunities for incarcerated individuals. Cora, along with the sixteen other interns contacted various companies to invite their representatives to a job fair they were working to create for the formerly incarcerated people, from the people part of the Alternatives to Incarceration program. The job fair, organized by Cora and her fellow interns, provided a platform for those in the Alternatives to Incarceration program to meet company representatives and hopefully secure employment.

Cora remarked that “one of the many fascinating things I was able to see on my internship was the Harvey Weinstein trial.” This was interesting for Cora because she has “heard of his cases for a really long time so it was so cool seeing his high profile case first-hand.”  Overall, Cora is really happy she had this internship.