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I'm a first-year litigation assoc at a V30 in NYC. Is it normal for basically all of my work to consist of research, document review, preparing deposition/witness kits, privilege log review, and deposition coding? I've written a few answers and portions of a letter to an arbitral panel, but nothing more, yet. Is this standard, or should I be concerned?

What is the ratio of partners to associates in the litigation department of your firm (specifically your firm's office). You can give us a % if you don't want to out yourself.

I can give you a better idea of your situation if I had that background.

Yes, that sounds like a very typical first year workload. Someone (who is an attorney) has to do that work, so who else would you expect to do it? Does your firm have staff attorneys? If not, I'm not sure why you're surprised or worried.

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:Yes, that sounds like a very typical first year workload. Someone (who is an attorney) has to do that work, so who else would you expect to do it? Does your firm have staff attorneys? If not, I'm not sure why you're surprised or worried.

I'm probably just paranoid. Thanks .

Nynaeve wrote:I'm a first-year litigation assoc at a V30 in NYC. Is it normal for basically all of my work to consist of research, document review, preparing deposition/witness kits, privilege log review, and deposition coding? I've written a few answers and portions of a letter to an arbitral panel, but nothing more, yet. Is this standard, or should I be concerned?

V30 BigLaw. Depending on the type of litigation and the case's staffing. I was drafting discovery responses/requests, drafting expert reports, preparing deponents, and drafting insignificant motions/proposed orders during my first year. All because we staff very few people on cases. Most of the time, it's me, an mid-level/senior associate, and one or two partners on a case.