We want to
ask junior associates questions like, «Have you thought about the opportunities to work with [this or that] lawyer?»
Whereas currently a partner would
ask a junior associate or paralegal a particular legal question, instead s / he submits the question to Ross.
Not exact matches
When
asked about the general outlook for hiring in patent law, all of the «
associates» (
junior lawyers in a firm) and «partners» (senior lawyers in a firm) interviewed by Next Wave for this feature gave upbeat answers.
When senior female lawyers are
asked to mentor
junior associates, time is taken away from their billable hours in a scenario that already sees women clocking fewer billable hours and contributing more hours to non-billable but essential firm functions.
Staff attorneys, similar to
junior associates at law firms, may typically be assigned research - oriented tasks or are
asked to provide support for the senior staff attorneys.
Students write objective legal memoranda of the type that a
junior associate or judicial clerk might be
asked to write.
There are stories in every firm of partners or senior
associates who
ask for some vague thing, get back work product that they don't like and then just assume that the
junior lawyer is an idiot and vow never to work with them again.
Pretend that you are a
junior associate at a law firm who has been
asked by a partner to «check these out» and report back.
Recently, for example, when we
asked top firms if we could interview successful graduates on their graduate accountancy schemes we were offered an audit
junior at UHY Hacker Young who had studied politics at the University of York, a trainee chartered accountant at Dixon Wilson who had studied classics at King's College London and an assurance
associate at PwC who had studied accounting and finance at Leeds — a wide range of universities and subjects.
Also,
ask whether you will deal directly with the adviser or a
junior associate.