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I do that a lot too. 😪 but this has helped me cut some of the wondering. 1. Outline the issues and follow up with your supervising attorney to make sure you’re on the same track. 2. Start with secondary resources if you really don’t know a lot of what you need to research. 3. Read cases that secondary sources identify as relevant to your issues. 4. If you start seeing the same sources or cases over and over, you have researched too much. 5. Give yourself an allotted amount of time to research and force yourself to step away. 6. Close the research tabs and start drafting.
This right here. I have the same problem and doing these things have all helped me too, especially numbers 1 and 2.
You obviously know your weakness. Now consider your strengths before you take that job at McDonald's or Walmart. Are you good at oral arguments? Do you have a desire to work in tax law, contract law, family law? You could go for the low-hanging fruit and become a personal injury attorney (sorry guys and gals. No offense intended.) You went through law school and passed the bar, so you have to have some skills or you wouldn't still be there. When looking for another position, highlight your skills, own your shortcomings, and ask if the firm has legal assistants who can focus on the research side of the case. You may even want to broach this subject with your current boss. They hired you because they thought you would be an asset, so they may be willing to accommodate you. Your ADHD is a diagnosed disability, so there may be grounds to seek an accommodation under the ADA. Sorry, but I am not as knowledgeable about labor laws as I am other fields, so you may want to consult with someone who is.
Thanks for the outline. I think most of the trouble is that I’m a slow reader.
Also, know you’re not going to find everything for everything and sometimes there is nothing.
Do you use Chat GPT? That helps speed my research along. I have the paid version on OpenAI and use it at least 10x a day.
I have used it but find it often states the law incorrectly. It’s a good starting point for brainstorming search terms tho
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What makes you say that?
In a really dense regulatory field and it just takes me way too long to understand what I’m looking at before I even answer the question. Has taken me over a week for an assignment that would probably take a normal person 2-3 days.