I’m a 1st year attorney working in-house & just began focusing on employment. Just found out the lead (& only) employment attorney is leaving for a year, so I’ll be handling it all. Any tips? (Cntd)

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A lot of women put on a show of kindness that is artificial (changing our voice, lots of “please” and “thank you”, exclamation points in emails, asking people about their kids, etc). If you do that, stop, or at least reduce it to a genuine level (as opposed to over compensating to not be viewed as bitchy)

Also, trust your instincts, but if you don’t know the answer then tell people that you will get back to them in x time frame. You can say “once I get back to my desk I’ll send you a citation/summary” - that should buy you time to research

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It’s a hard thing to overcome. I am pretty petite in addition to looking way younger than I actually am. My first time in a negotiation with counsel for a major oil company and me as the sole legal rep for my company was extremely intimidating and made me feel like a little baby. But I focused on exuding confidence and not apologizing for my youth. I was an expert on the details for the negotiation and inadvertently earned respect through that. You have to go head in during all your interactions and decisions while being the most confident. And this is said time and time again, but being overly kind, passive, or accommodating in an effort to win people over is not the move. Hope this helps!

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Very helpful, thank you!

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My main concern is gaining respect from our clients. I‘m a young female and have already been called “the intern” by Human Resources and other departments. I know I need to just be good at my job to earn respect but I was wondering if anyone had any tips or inspiring words...

Hire good outside counsel :)

It would be highly irresponsible for your company to expect that a 1st year attorney could and should handle the duties solo. I hope they intend to fill in the gap while the other attorney is on leave. You’re first few years are times of exponential learning, which means there is a lot to learn!

Although I do agree, unfortunately the position can’t be filled since the position technically isn’t “open.” I’ll be able to contact the other attorney to ask for guidance, but other than that, it seems this will be a “sink or swim” learning experience.

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