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Feb. 25th, 2016 12:45 pmJust as I was bragging that work was slow, shuhblammo, I'm swamped. However, I'm having a blast and mostly swamped in tedious logistics as I did the case law research in advance.
However a long time ago I sucked at legal research. My writing in law school was awful AND took forever. At work I realized I sucked at research and resolved to suck less. I didn't notice the transition, but at least in my teeny tiny area of law, I seem to not suck anymore. I am finding what I need quickly - and while I may take a long time, most of the time it's me taking off on tangents rather than wasting time, or worse, getting the wrong answer.
Today I'm juggling a settlement, educating staff of a legal requirement they didn't know about, setting up a mediation on a case while notifying parties a section of the case was subject to a prior decision, juggling logistics on an upcoming hear, and doing tedious things mostly to prevent work in the future.
If I were a real attorney, all these logistics would likely be handled by paralegals and administrative staff. Some might lament my wasted talents, but I get downtime mentally (drawback, I'm less skilled for the same # of years experience than someone doing hardcore legal fuckery all day) and am thrilled when I get paid GS-14 wages to open mail, reserve rooms for depositions, and run a copier.
It seems easy to work hard on something today that reduces future work.
However a long time ago I sucked at legal research. My writing in law school was awful AND took forever. At work I realized I sucked at research and resolved to suck less. I didn't notice the transition, but at least in my teeny tiny area of law, I seem to not suck anymore. I am finding what I need quickly - and while I may take a long time, most of the time it's me taking off on tangents rather than wasting time, or worse, getting the wrong answer.
Today I'm juggling a settlement, educating staff of a legal requirement they didn't know about, setting up a mediation on a case while notifying parties a section of the case was subject to a prior decision, juggling logistics on an upcoming hear, and doing tedious things mostly to prevent work in the future.
If I were a real attorney, all these logistics would likely be handled by paralegals and administrative staff. Some might lament my wasted talents, but I get downtime mentally (drawback, I'm less skilled for the same # of years experience than someone doing hardcore legal fuckery all day) and am thrilled when I get paid GS-14 wages to open mail, reserve rooms for depositions, and run a copier.
It seems easy to work hard on something today that reduces future work.
