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Send emails setting out your questions. Don't send 20 a day, but at the end of a day where you felt unsure about things, put together a list of things you want feedback on or help with. It might not elicit much of a response, but it's good CYA when something goes wrong and the partner tries to pawn it all off on you. And in a best-case scenario, it gets you the answers and guidance you need.
This ^^
I work in midlaw and have a supervisor who is frequently abroad/absent. She leaves me a lot of work and responsibility, but expects me to work with minimal supervision. I’m a recent graduate and do not have sufficient experience to handle cases independently. The uncertainties and my inability to deal with them has made me anxious.
State and city bar associations offer mentorship programs you may want to consider. It’s great your supervisor trusts your judgement.
Yes. One supervisor I work with does not offer much guidance and is often not up to date on what needs to happen on ongoing matters. I'm often struggling on how to address concerns by other parties which do not get addressed by my supervisor. I'm constantly worried that when things slip through the cracks I will end up being blamed
Good question. I am still figuring it out. I my best to collect questions for him, and when I do have a chance to talk to him I bring them all in during that conversation. I also have a good senior associate mentor who advises me on how to deal in specific situations. In my case everyone in the practice group knows how this partner can be absent-minded and bad at communicating, so ppl understand when I (tactfully) ask their advice. But I'm only 3 months in. How have you been coping?
For me it’ not so much a supervisor but a partner that doesn’t even want to read any substantive motions before they go out.
My supervising partner recently moved to our firm from being a managing partner at a competing firm. He hasn't actually "litigated" anything in like 15 yrs, and just shrugs everything off and expects the associates to do it all and then he takes the credit (he's even done this to summer interns).
It's maddening, and it's not like we can just yell at him to get his shit together. He cannot keep deadlines straight, mixes up cases, BSs things on the spot in front of managing partners. He even almost got my para fired once because she was honest with him that she needed better guidance - so he told MP he overheard her complaining and that she was quitting.
I just don't talk to him and have basically cut him out of my work. If I need help, I go to other partners that I know have the answers I need.