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3rd Year here. It took me so long to understand what this looked like. Present your own ideas on defenses and strategies. Come up with next steps in cases. Tell them what direction you are going to take rather than asking for permission. I think partners just want to see that you have the ability to function as a partner and without the oversight that they give to younger associates. Good luck!
Yup! I do the same, just that I say something like unless you think otherwise, I will do x, y and z. And then I give them a few hours to object (depending on the urgency) and then I go with it. Do I mess up sometimes? Yes, of course. But the partners would typically jump in and fix or tell me how to fix. Best way to learn really. And be sure they would not just let you run with something that has a super high impact/is super high risk.
No offense to all you corporate people, but I see threads like this as a litigator and just see the litigation that’s going to inevitably come from the deals being run by SECOND years who started remotely and have been working 2500 hour years. 🙈
Best of luck OP. You’re being asked to run before you really know how to walk IMO.
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Go for it! But don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it. It’s still the partner’s job to supervise you and the work. They’re basically saying that they trust you to know when you need to ask for help and when you can handle something.
On one team I’m a part of a senior corporate associate is going in house so I’m getting assigned some of her matters and will need to take some ownership of that work without harassing the partner if I can, and on another team I’m on I’m another partner’s main associate and he told me today that he’ll need me to take the lead on smaller deals independently. Both partners have used the term “run with it” separately to tell me to do the work and figure it out as I go.