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Firm is extremely slow. What should I do?

1st yr corp midlaw. Slow as hell.
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
Write client alerts or short articles discussing something t...
garnet native dog poop
  07/02/12
Good ideas actually. But what about for my career? Thing...
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
1, don't panic because you have a few slow weeks. This is ty...
garnet native dog poop
  07/02/12
it's not a few weeks. it's the whole year.
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
Is the whole group slow, or are you just not getting assignm...
garnet native dog poop
  07/02/12
The whole group is slow. Can't tell if I am also particularl...
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
ask your secretary where your billables are at compared to o...
garnet native dog poop
  07/02/12
she can see that?
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
maybe, she can at mine. even if she doesn't have access, she...
garnet native dog poop
  07/02/12
When did you start? Also, you the only 1st year?
Fuchsia mischievous internal respiration
  07/02/12
Started last fall.
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
Two chicks at the same time.
Twinkling concupiscible principal's office half-breed
  07/02/12
There is only one time when tintcr.
Razzle nursing home boiling water
  07/02/12
inappropriate moniker.
Exhilarant Indecent Abode
  07/02/12
send email around to all partners saying "my cases are ...
pungent hissy fit hairy legs
  07/02/12
figure out if there is a big doc review case going on around...
splenetic theatre windowlicker
  07/02/12
you think they will stick a corp associate on doc review?
Contagious Library Preventive Strike
  07/02/12
pray that you get busier. you have no other options. your le...
Contagious Library Preventive Strike
  07/02/12
Thanks man
hot claret hell
  07/02/12
i feel for you brother. i had to endure the same shit when i...
Contagious Library Preventive Strike
  07/02/12


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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:12 AM
Author: hot claret hell

1st yr corp midlaw. Slow as hell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002028)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:17 AM
Author: garnet native dog poop

Write client alerts or short articles discussing something topical

Work 10-4 with a long lunch and trip to thr gym between 11 and 1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002044)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:18 AM
Author: hot claret hell

Good ideas actually.

But what about for my career? Things seem precarious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002049)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:22 AM
Author: garnet native dog poop

1, don't panic because you have a few slow weeks. This is typical in transactional practice and it can and will change with just one phone call.

2, respond to one of the headhunters who has emailed or called and begin the process of shopping your resume. This process can take between 4 and 12 weeks to work through, so it may make sense to start now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002065)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:37 AM
Author: hot claret hell

it's not a few weeks. it's the whole year.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002113)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:40 AM
Author: garnet native dog poop

Is the whole group slow, or are you just not getting assignments? If you are really shitmidlaw, you may have clients who refuse to pay for first years. If the entire practice is slow, what is going on with the clients? Regardless of ITE, there should be a trickle of K, Q and proxy form checks, random periodic reports, and sort of random diligence to do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002126)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 1:13 PM
Author: hot claret hell

The whole group is slow. Can't tell if I am also particularly getting less work, but I don't think so compared to others at my level. I assume a lot of the clients are pretty strapped but there is a trickle of work. I'm steadily billing about half what I should be.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002635)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 2:51 PM
Author: garnet native dog poop

ask your secretary where your billables are at compared to other junior associates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003093)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 2:54 PM
Author: hot claret hell

she can see that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003104)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 3:03 PM
Author: garnet native dog poop

maybe, she can at mine. even if she doesn't have access, she will be hooked into the gossip circles and have an idea of how the firm is doing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003145)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:14 AM
Author: Fuchsia mischievous internal respiration

When did you start? Also, you the only 1st year?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002035)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:17 AM
Author: hot claret hell

Started last fall.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002045)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:23 AM
Author: Twinkling concupiscible principal's office half-breed

Two chicks at the same time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002067)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:25 AM
Author: Razzle nursing home boiling water

There is only one time when tintcr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002072)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 3:04 PM
Author: Exhilarant Indecent Abode

inappropriate moniker.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003151)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 11:26 AM
Author: pungent hissy fit hairy legs

send email around to all partners saying "my cases are winding down with good results. i'd like to get started on new cases so whoever needs help please respond and i can start today. thank, social mutant 1st yr associate guy."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002075)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 1:15 PM
Author: splenetic theatre windowlicker

figure out if there is a big doc review case going on around the office or firm. bump into partner who handles said case in bathroom. Offer to suck his dick if he'll put you on doc review for his case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21002646)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 2:59 PM
Author: Contagious Library Preventive Strike

you think they will stick a corp associate on doc review?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003132)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 2:59 PM
Author: Contagious Library Preventive Strike

pray that you get busier. you have no other options. your legal career might already be fucked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003126)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 2:59 PM
Author: hot claret hell

Thanks man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003130)



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Date: July 2nd, 2012 3:02 PM
Author: Contagious Library Preventive Strike

i feel for you brother. i had to endure the same shit when i started out in biglaw. unfortunately for me, i got mass layoffpwned and my legal career did indeed get fucked. i have yet to find a job that pays me as much as a first year biglaw salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1984638&forum_id=2#21003144)