Is there bluebooking in corporate law? Forum

[law777]

Subject says it all - is there still blue booking in M&A, Cap. Markets, etc.?

[The Duck]

Why would this even be a question? It's not that hard. I'd assume there is less but surely there would still be some at some point. Particularly if a deal you worked on goes bad and goes to trial. At a few of the firms I interviewed with, they mentioned that when a deal goes bad and is assigned to the litigation section their associates are also involved in order to help the litigation section understand the transactions and the governing law.

[Absurd]

Best reason I know of for choosing corporate over lit.

Good luck being a lawyer.

[TTH]

The answer is "rarely if ever." But be forewarned: there is still a ton of boring minutiae to attend to in corp work. The fact that bluebooking is not part of that does not have any real, bottom-line impact.

This. I'd imagine due diligence or typo-hunting in a merger agreement is at least as miserable as bluebooking.

[Seminole_305]

Bluebooking is not that bad once you learn it. It is kind of second nature at this point (I think most 1Ls will agree).

[goodolgil]

Bluebooking is not that bad once you learn it. It is kind of second nature at this point (I think most 1Ls will agree).

I think this really happens after the writing competition.

[TTH]

Bluebooking is not that bad once you learn it. It is kind of second nature at this point (I think most 1Ls will agree).

I think this really happens after the writing competition.

It really happens when you get on a journal. Fortunately, bluebooking in practice isn't anywhere in the realm of periodical of journal bluebooking.

[Indifferent]

Bluebooking might come up if you had to write a memorandum on a certain legal aspect of a merger agreement or public company filing.

It's not something that would come up often, though.

[goodolgil]

Bluebooking is not that bad once you learn it. It is kind of second nature at this point (I think most 1Ls will agree).

I think this really happens after the writing competition.

It really happens when you get on a journal. Fortunately, bluebooking in practice isn't anywhere in the realm of periodical of journal bluebooking.

I dunno, after I did the competition I pretty much knew the Bluebook inside and out. I haven't had any trouble at all cite checking for my journal.