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At the internship bazaar, I was not truly impressed with the selection of internships there. After the bazaar, I got an offer from DC Law Students in the Courts but I turned it down because the experience was similar to an internship I did with the DC Superior Courts my junior year of high school and also because they dealt with tenants in housing complaints and sometimes saw mice which is my FEAR. After the bazaar I facilitated use of the internship website and sent my application and resume to the ACLU-NCA (American Civil Liberties Union), the Alliance for Justice, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement for Colored People), the LCCRL (Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law), the Poverty Race Research Action Committee, and the National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers'. I looked at all these opportunities because I want an internship that is centered on civil rights law, help and assistance to minorities and less privileged, justice based and possibly closely related to the Supreme Court. My ultimate career goal is to become the first female African American Supreme Court Justice. There has only been two African American justices, the late Thurgood Marshall and currently Clarence Thomas. There has also been a low number of women justices, there was Sandra O'Connor, and on the current bench Justice Ruth Ginsburg, and two of President Barack Obama's appointees Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Justice Elena Kagen. I feel any of these opportunities will help me reach my career goal a little more.