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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: Lavender irradiated candlestick maker love of her life 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: iridescent angry black woman sound barrier 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: Lavender irradiated candlestick maker love of her life 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: soul-stirring famous landscape painting orchestra pit 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: Lavender irradiated candlestick maker love of her life 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: iridescent angry black woman sound barrier 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: Lavender irradiated candlestick maker love of her life 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: Titillating startling mexican rehab 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: Autistic Stead 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: Ivory Meetinghouse Stain 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: Autistic Stead 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: beady-eyed university really tough guy 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: iridescent angry black woman sound barrier 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: gold friendly grandma new version 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: curious confused lodge internal respiration 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: sick base 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: curious confused lodge internal respiration 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: Black Elastic Band 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: curious confused lodge internal respiration 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: Avocado comical house it gets better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1922602&forum_id=2#20450563) |