1st year associate (started Oct). First performance review is soon. How should I be preparing for this? Any insight on what to expect, what to ask, and/or how best to make use of this time?

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Always ask for advice on how to improve. What to expect is not a one size fits all, will likely depend on your firm, practice etc. Usually people are friendlier with first years during reviews because they know you are still learning. Good luck!

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Assume you’re doing it by zoom. Make sure they can see the notebook you’ll be using to take notes on. My partners were wearing tshirts for my zoom review, I wouldn’t do that exactly but none of my colleagues wore suits for their reviews, in a typical nyc biglaw firm.

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