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So, I decided to fill the prompt about flying. I'm trying to think of a good reason, other than something hand-wavey, as to why Matt and Foggy would be flying for business while they were still in their internship at Landman & Zack. I want it to be on the company's dime so I can give poor Matt and Foggy at least a business class experience for a first flight, haha.

Would it be weird to send two interns on company business somewhere that required at least short-haul flight to get there? I remember Wesley saying that the two of them turned down a "very lucrative offer" from Landman & Zack; would it be reasonable to assume the firm would try to woo them by giving them a taste of what working there would be like?

I don't understand about lawyer things. ^^;;

As somebody who also doesn't know anything about lawyer things (but who did watch at least a couple seasons of Suits) I have to say this sounds completely plausible to me. I vote go with it. ;b

another idea (i may have just watched legally blonde for the first time so this is a little inspired by that) maybe matt and foggy were asked to assist with some big case interstate and they got to tag along to the trial?? it would make sense that they were picked (over the other interns) since it seemed like they were l and z's top interns.

i don't know much about lawyering either so i'm not sure how likely it would be but i guess you could call it creative license??

Oooh, I like that idea too...

(all of this is probably only going to amount to one line of exposition, lol)

From my knowledge of the legal field - not personal but through a family member - I believe their "internship" as such is a made-up thing. Matt and Foggy appear to be at the point as working as summer associates (like an internship, but not called that). The firm then hires its favorite summer associates to be full associates, and they eventually work their way up to partner from there. Wooing summer associates is a very real thing, and who knows how extravagant that could get for a big New York firm.

Which doesn't actually answer your question, but my point is that I don't think the show is particularly invested in portraying anything akin to accurate law school/young associate experiences, so your standards of realism aren't too high to start with.

Possible reasons for flying?
-attending a meeting/conference (shadowing a partner at said meeting? I find it hard to believe the firm would ship them off on their own)
-visiting one of the firm's offices in another city, if they have multiple locations
-meeting a major out-of-state client

DA

Internships in the legal field don't exist in real life, but Wesley does say that Matt and Foggy "interned" at L&Z, and then in the ep 10 flashback, Foggy refers to himself and Matt as interns.

So I guess legal interns do exist in their universe, kind of like how Matt grew up in an "orphanage," which isn't really a thing that exists in the modern day US.

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