A lot of firms advertise "early responsibility" but that's pretty vague. Post here to brag about the stuff you did in your first three years. If you're anon you could say your firm so 2Ls will have some concrete examples to compare to the lies people tell them at callbacks.
I'll start: first year biglaw, V49. Accidentally walked into a conference room where a deposition was happening.
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fats provolone
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whoops, that wasn't meant to be anon
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Anonymous User wrote:A lot of firms advertise "early responsibility" but that's pretty vague. Post here to brag about the stuff you did in your first three years. If you're anon you could say your firm so 2Ls will have some concrete examples to compare to the lies people tell them at callbacks.
I'll start: first year biglaw, V49. Accidentally walked into a conference room where a deposition was happening.
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JustHawkin
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Tagging. Curious to see what early responsibility means in different firms/practices.
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Johann
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as a 1st year V 99: of counsel of X group let me write an entire 20 page document that went to client. he changed a line or two per page. one month later he asks why my office isnt near X group. I tell him I'm in Y group.
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I work at a firm that does complex litigation, defense side
When I was a first year I got to go a random small claims mediation by myself with $5k authority (the jurisdictional limit)
Client was pretty happy bc I think I settled for under 3500
Now I'm finishing my 2nd year and other than a couple more of those things I haven't been to court ever
When I was a first year I got to go a random small claims mediation by myself with $5k authority (the jurisdictional limit)
Client was pretty happy bc I think I settled for under 3500
Now I'm finishing my 2nd year and other than a couple more of those things I haven't been to court ever
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baal hadad
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More responsibility = more ways to fuck upJusticeJackson wrote:Early responsibility is for the birds. So is early client contact. Clients, opposing counsel, and judges can be savages. Especially to know-nothing junior associates.
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fats provolone
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I dunno, I did a lot of stuff my first year and I felt like opposing counsel/judges cut me some slack because I obviously had no idea what I was doingJusticeJackson wrote:Early responsibility is for the birds. So is early client contact. Clients, opposing counsel, and judges can be savages. Especially to know-nothing junior associates.
