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It was sometime during my first week that I made the sad realization that I was supposed to do this - show up early, spend the best hours of every day in a stake office, and go home just in time to see the sun dim - every day until my 60s. Enjoy your freedom while you can ;)
If you’re at it that long, you’ll probably be able to angle for an office with a view
I was simultaneously extremely excited and absolutely terrified of everything. On the first day, I got introduced around the office (probably won’t happen now due to covid), did some software training, and then got staffed on some super, super simple projects...and then I made mistakes on all of them. Haha (which held true for the first month or so) No one was mean about it, no one expected perfection - but I expected perfection and beat up on myself a lot the first few months. (Try not to do this haha) My recommendation for the first few weeks/months is to be eager, be teachable, try to meet as many people at your firm as possible and cut yourself some slack. Good luck!
Mid-size. ~100 lawyers
Takes a few weeks to months to get settled in and for the craziness to ramp up. Then it takes a couple years to halfway figure out what you are doing before being thrown new responsibilities that you have no idea how to handle. That cycle then repeats every two years or so for the foreseeable future (minus the ramp up and downtime).
What do you think is one of the reasons why so many attorneys find themselves in this type of work environment? I feel like with proper guidance, you should feel like you’re making progress in your career not slowly going down the hill.
First week: is this real? Is it worth everything? Wow, can’t believe all the schooling is over...now what.
And then it’s a year of fake it till’ you make it. I’m still faking it as a second year associate, but it’s nice to think back on things I was terrified of that now I can do with more confidence. Be courageous! Think of everything as a chance to learn a new skill. I started teaching kids on a local high school mock trial team after work, and I think such community activity gives a feeling of making a positive impact on the world. Being a new associate is tough, but I still like my job and find it challenging, which is what I wanted in a career.
On my first day it was mostly getting to know who the power players were in the office. I didn’t really get much work until a few months later, so don’t freak out (and actually enjoy) the downtime. The craziness will come!
Met people in the office. Went to some lunches with people in the office. Started getting some assignments and getting up to speed on cases I’d be on. Spent time getting used to the file system, billing software, and other tech things. First week was nothing overwhelming or crazy
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Terrifying lol I started at a VERY small office (only 3 attorneys including me) and on day one was presented with 30-35 files in my file cabinet and basically told “go.” Thankfully, there was an older associate who was a fantastic mentor and helped me get through it. The partner was great when you could get him but he wasn’t always around. I definitely made mistakes but that “thrown into the fire” approach was invaluable later in my career. A lot of my classmates were stuck doing office work while I was out taking depositions, arguing motions, etc. It will be scary and you’ll likely make mistakes but that won’t last forever! Take advantage of whatever experience you can get early on, even if you’re worried you’ll mess it up. In my opinion, the best way to learn is by doing!
I came in from clerking did 2 hours of training then they threw me in billing immediately. Still billed 4.5 my first day. And I’m still trying to figure out if I face planted. I haven’t been fired yet though. (It’s been a month).
I recently started my second job in a completely different setting, practice area, and city from my first, so I think that experience may be helpful to you in light of the pandemic. Covid quarantine started right when I arrived at the office, so we all went to WFH. Getting training and work was a nightmare and so was billing. Also, it is hard to get meaningful assignments when no one can see you at the office and find out how capable you are. I made every effort to get work by being available to any partners regardless of whether they were in my practice group, and by producing high quality written work. It got better eventually, although I mostly trained myself by annoying people with questions because only one person picked up the phone to check that I doing ok lol. My advice is to trust yourself and to not hold back in asking when you don’t know things. You eventually realize that even the partners make mistakes and don’t know everything. We are all the same, some with a lot more experience and more demanding personalities, but the same nonetheless.
Pretty sure I was high. It’s all a fog. From the sounds of it, it doesn’t seem like I missed much.
On my first day, I didn’t know what key cards were so I got trapped in the stairwell and had to walk down 35 floors to get out!! It all worked out though. 🙂
My first day started out with the tyrannical senior partner calling me into his office, and motioning me with his hand to come and stand next to him as he sat in his chair behind his desk. Then he jumped out of his chair and tackled me hard to the floor.