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junior litigation associates: how much do your briefs get edited
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Date: April 12th, 2012 9:50 PM Author: hideous internet-worthy genital piercing first year litigation associates: do your briefs get edited to shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450147) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 9:51 PM Author: free-loading crackhouse OH yeah. it looked nothing like what I wrote. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450154) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:07 PM Author: hideous internet-worthy genital piercing makes me feel incompetent as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450254) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 9:53 PM Author: sepia locale Lulz at a first year writing a brief. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450169) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 9:57 PM Author: hideous internet-worthy genital piercing i work at a litigation boutique. have written a couple MTDs and some miscellaneous briefs.
most of them come back heavily edited, or "how come you didn't address...." |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:00 PM Author: free-loading crackhouse I did at a vault 20 (stroke of luck, though). It got fucking torn apart. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450206) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:11 PM Author: hideous internet-worthy genital piercing oddly enough, I haven't gotten ANY doc review assignments. it's all legal research and writing thus far. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450277) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:42 PM Author: chrome razzle-dazzle generalized bond gas station i wrote motions that barely got touched. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450532) |
Date: April 12th, 2012 9:58 PM Author: dun chad Protip: this often doesn't stop even when you're no longer a junior. People like to edit. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450196) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:01 PM Author: stimulating hall dragon No, people like to bill. Editing is how you turn 75 billable hours of work into 150. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450215) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:50 PM Author: dun chad Believe me, people like to edit, too. For some it's a way to bill; for others, it's a way to prove you know better. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450625) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:08 PM Author: Hairraiser athletic conference masturbator briefs? is that when you do doc review in your underwear? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450258) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:13 PM Author: free-loading crackhouse here's the secret for getting to write briefs early. glomp on to the new third year (coming off two year clerkship), slightly awkward superstar who is in high demand among partners for brief writing. They get overwhelmed, don't know anyone to pawn work off on, so will come to you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450294) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:41 PM Author: Crystalline high-end address what a sweet associate treat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450525) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:30 PM Author: Canary Meetinghouse Dog Poop Once I've worked with a lawyer, I can mimic his or her writing style and submit drafts where 80 to 90% of the draft is used in the final version (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450416) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:34 PM Author: odious sick den toaster Yes and no. The more complex the issue the more likely they'll get heavily edited.
Also depends heavily on the partner. I've worked with some partners who go through a dozen drafts of a response to a motion to compel and a half dozen versions of responses to production requests.
Others make edits around the edges of your MSJ. |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:39 PM Author: Canary Meetinghouse Dog Poop This. Most attorneys do not write me better than a retard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450492) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:43 PM Author: shimmering volcanic crater Date: April 12th, 2012 10:39 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,,.,.,.,,.,.,.
This. Most attorneys do not write me better than a retard
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450492) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:45 PM Author: Canary Meetinghouse Dog Poop I am using the iPad to use voice dictation feature (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450573) |
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Date: April 12th, 2012 10:44 PM Author: cocky cruise ship it gets better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450563) |