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The best advice I?ve received so far: be pleasant & be organized.

By bethanyk

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(Cross-posted at Young Lawyers Blog)

The tricky thing about being a new corporate associate is that no matter how well you did in law school, you will still feel unprepared for the realities of corporate practice. Part of that stems from the fact that law school coursework is generally weighted in favor of litigation (case-in-point: my law school offered more legal writing classes on the nuances of appellate brief-writing than there were students, but only one contract drafting seminar per semester). The other part is that learning how to practice corporate law requires getting out there and getting experience.

Understanding this does not change the fact that your first few months will feel overwhelming ? you might sit through meetings and only understand a fraction of what just happened. You might get an assignment and spend more time clarifying what it is you are supposed to be doing than actually doing it. This is more than a little bit disconcerting.

Full post as published by Ms. JD on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).

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