Sofiin pátý týden v endors
Sofia, stážistka z UCLA v USA, kterou už znáte z předchozích článků, pokračuje v práci v advokátní kanceláři v Praze, kde nyní pobývá. Své zážitky a dojmy z letní stáže u nás sdílí na svém blogu. Sofii se působení v ČR pomalu chýlí ke konci. Pátou část s jejími zážitky a zkušenostmi si můžete přečíst již nyní!
Week 5 Reflection (22 July 2024 to 25 July 2024)
Earlier this week, a few of my friends and I were wandering the city looking for dinner spots. As we came upon a shopping center, one of them exclaimed, “Hey! The spinning Kafka head is right by here! We should go look at it after we eat.” I was excited, but not because I had been hoping to see the Kafka head. It was because I remembered I had already seen it. To me, that moment was a realization that while I am still discovering Prague–and while I will never see everything that there is to see in the city–I am also familiar enough to begin revisiting parts of the city I enjoy.
Speaking of revisiting, this week I also had to look back at what I’ve been learning in my internship here at endors, and I have been revisiting topics in order to come up with a research topic for a final paper for my program. I was able to sit down with Jaroslav (my supervisor) and discuss what topics might be good to focus on. For example, as I’ve looked at employment contracts, I’ve learned that the Czech labor code contains some key differences compared to the United States that affect both endors as a law firm as well as the companies of their clients. Aside from labor codes, another incredibly relevant topic is AI–especially how it can be regulated and used in the office. For example, AI could likely be used to make translations between languages even more accurate, and it can also be used to summarize documents.
However, I think client relations is still something where AI cannot replace a human’s work. For instance, once I finished last week’s task of researching applicable laws for a potential case, I got to draft an email detailing the issue for the respective parties. Not only was it important to get the content correct, but I was also conscious of the tone–how aggressive or calm the email would come across to the parties. I wonder how AI would write an email with similar content, and I wonder if the tone would sound better or worse. But where do you draw the line between what AI can do better and what a human can do better? It is difficult to know what AI could do better or what a human could do better–or to know what “better” even means. Perhaps there is no definite answer, but it is still worth thinking about. Now that I have established my broader understanding of operations within the office, it is intriguing to look at the nuanced contexts within which the office operates.