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

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.

Best reason I know of for choosing corporate over lit.

Good luck being a lawyer.

G. T. L. Rev. wrote: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.

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

Seminole_305 wrote: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.

goodolgil wrote:

Seminole_305 wrote: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.

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.

TTH wrote:

goodolgil wrote:

Seminole_305 wrote: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.