When I read the previous blog post and realized that an interloper, poser, boiler room traitor had gained administrator privileges to our precious bunker room blog and that it was my fault.....

Seriously bunker room....contact me. I'll need independent confirmation from Kate, Crystal, Angela, or Jeree...they are the only ones I'll believe, now that Cat has broken our community of trust....

Another Summer at LAJC

Hopefully, we have all recovered over the weekend from our boot camp training session last week. I must say that most of this year's crop of interns are slacking on the blogging and on the rest of the job as well. Alex may need to fire all of you or at least dock your pay. 

However, the four AMAZING interns in the Boiler Room are obviously the best of the bunch. One has decorated the pig that adorns the walls. One has brought in home-baked, yummy treats not once, but TWICE already. Additionally, when the program supervisor was out sick, they were so fantastic as to train the new intern and contact IT about her access to the server. 

So, while we are all trying to catch up and be as awesome as the Boiler Room Interns, they will be enjoying delicious, Scottish, chocolate, crispy treats and just basking in the glow of their awesome selves.

When everyone got the email about homemade ice cream except me. . .

Everyone's like. . .

And I'm like . . .

Pathetic. . .

At 3:37p.m., someone from the Boiler Room who shall remain nameless infiltrated the Bunker blog to do a bit of his own posting. At 3:38pm, we discovered this act of infiltration (we do work, we promise). At 3:39pm, we deleted said post. At 3:40pm, after an exhaustive investigation which consisted of looking up the blog authors and seeing his FULL NAME in his email address, we were able to identify the interloper. I won't recount the various details of the post at this time--except to say that we know that we are awesome--so awesome that you'd rather post on our blog than your own. But it just doesn't work that way my friend. Put all that time and energy into your own sad one-post blog. Then, maybe you won't have to come to ours to get some readers.

Humble Pie

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Interloper you have been discovered and you will be destroyed. We know who you are. Watch your back. ~Pippi

Bienvenue à la Cage aux Folles

A big Bunker welcome to the Bird Cage: LAJC's new intern room and blog. . .

 http://lajcbirdcage.blogspot.com/

Case Assignment, Bunker Room Style

When you think a great case is coming your way. . .



But actually we are all about sharing . . .



In some situations anyway. . .

The Boiler is Back

And the Boiler Room has entered the game (better late than never). We approve.



http://cvilleboilerroom.blogspot.com/2012/05/putting-ethics-back-into-work.html

New Summer, New Interns

The summer has begun, though in the Bunker Room, I'm not sure you would notice, exactly...

And while we must navigate through several corridors to see the light of day (or just go into our boss's office), we enjoy distinct advantages over our Boiler Room counterparts, not the least of which includes much more likely survival in the event of nuclear fallout:

Other perks include closer proximity to the office swag closet and non-unisex bathrooms. Sunlight is totally overrated.
Over the coming weeks you, our devout fans and loyal readers (hi Mom!!), will be able to follow the ups and the downs, the highs and the lows, the stunning victories and the heartbreaking defeats. . .And while our legal skills in these initial assignments may closely resemble this:

We are confident by mid-summer you'll be witnessing something closer to this:

So here's to the Bunker Room 2012--> It won't be too hard to beat a skit that never got posted. Better get on that 2011.

And then there was one

Several months have passed since the amazing summer of 2011. It was tons of fun while it lasted - this blog didn't even come close to capturing half of the silliness (mostly because we were encouraged to keep it family friendly, or at least PG). I seem to be the only one that can't get enough of this place though -- I still regularly set up shop in the bunker room, doing work. All my other partners in crime have left for greener (or at least better-lit) pastures.

Uploading the skit to the internet turned out to be quite a hassle, but I may get around to it before the summer comes. Maybe. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a success.

Anyhow, in a few short weeks, the new interns will start to be selected for the upcoming summer. I know you'll get to do some great work. However, just letting you know now -- there is no way you'll create a better skit than we did, so don't bother trying.

Last Week

Dear all,

our last week is upon us. As we close down for the summer, I'll try and make sure there is a post a day. I also highly encourage everyone to share a reflection from the summer, here and on other blogs.

peace.

I'm officially a fan of Australian morning television. Or maybe just "Today."

JustChildren Wiffleball

JustChildren folks love kids -- and kids' games. Today, we decided to use our lunch to go outside and play a childhood favorite: wiffleball. Lance, Cari and Priscilla of JustChildren showed up, along with Neal from Immigrant Advocacy, Thom and Kate from CVLAS Cville (YES! they do exist!) and Randy from Civil Advocacy. (Sorry, Randy is not pictured). We had fun, showing off our fancy pitches, and feeling like giants, squashing little tiny balls with a puny little bat. All in all, an average day for the JustChildren experience.

[EDIT: the pictures look a lot better bigger. Click on them to see them in all their crystal clear cell phone-camera-based glory]

Neal is ready to play!

The dugout is cheering everyone on... (from left to right -- Kate (CVLAS), Priscilla, Neal, Cari)

Starting my swing a little late. Thom was really bringing the heat. Apparently, I was playing with a rubber bat.

A hit! (The ball is in the top left) (Please ignore my lackluster form)

Good times were had by all. Except for Priscilla, who didn't get to play because of a nasty ankle injury. :( Get better Priscilla!

JustChildren in the News

How much do we have to tell a teacher if a kid commits a crime?

Lisa Bennett of JustChildren Richmond answered some questions for this story on takepart.com. Worth a read, especially if you're into juvenile justice and education issues.

Legal Aid work is exhausting

Ok, so I have to preface this with: these people do a ton of work, and work way over hours. But every now and then, trying to run a legal aid office with a handful of attorneys and a handful of interns is just too much. Let this be a warning to you: LEGAL AID WORK IS TIRING. But we enjoy it. Perhaps we'd enjoy it more with a siesta.

[PICTURES REMOVED AT THE REQUEST OF INTERESTED PARTIES]