亚历桑德罗·卢比奥, a business administration major from Mexico City, Mexico, believes he’s been given an opportunity that most pre-law interns would never experience after their second year of college: spending the summer interning for the Adams County 地方检察官办公室.
卢比奥说：“我父亲做了20多年的律师，所以从我还是个孩子的时候起，我就一直有追随父亲进入法律领域的想法。” “说实话，我从来没想过要成为一名律师。 相反，成为一名职业足球运动员一直是我小时候的梦想。”
Rubio, who will be a junior this fall, is a midfielder on the Hastings College men’s soccer team. 在进入黑斯廷斯大学之前，他效力于墨西哥的一支职业足球队。 这时他开始注意到法律上的矛盾和合同违约，没有资源的玩家无处求助。 这段经历促使他去上大学，继续学习，而不是追求职业运动员的职业生涯。
“I want to become a sports attorney to help people who don’t have the resources to keep fighting for their professional careers,” Rubio said.
Rubio found the internship in February with the help of 金正日Graviette, director of Career Services, and 假虎刺属Uhrmacher, assistant director of Career Services. 乌尔马赫联系了亚当斯县地方检察官办公室，看他们是否对实习生感兴趣，卢比奥申请后不到两天，他就接到了面试电话，当天就得到了实习机会。
从那以后，他在律师办公室的职责发生了变化，包括从组织机密文件到陪审团筛选，再到制作视觉辅助工具，再到协助县律师可能需要帮助的任何事情。 他还担任过一起起诉案件的翻译。
“担任翻译是我在其他任何地方都无法获得的体验。 Serving in that capacity is something even lawyers who graduate don’t encounter after a year or two of working. 会说两种语言给我带来了许多新的体验，因为办公室里没有其他人会说西班牙语。”
Rubio said a class with communication studies professor 奥斯汀·麦克唐纳博士 helped him to better connect his thinking process, which is in his native Spanish language, into speaking English.
He said business and economics professor 布鲁斯·巴顿博士 is a great pre-law mentor who is helping him understand the structure and terms used in the field. He also credits student-athlete development coordinator Mickaela Zaffino with helping him recognize and work on the mental and emotional balance between cases that must happen in the professional environment.
在秋季学期开始之前，卢比奥说他计划继续为法学院入学考试（LSAT）学习，他将在8月初参加考试。 He’ll also submit his early applicants’ forms to several law schools that he’s most interested in.