THE STANKOWSKI REPORT #22: A Short List of Shitty Things About Choosing Litigation as a Career
by Stan Stankowski
If you're going to choose litigation as a career, please keep the following important points in mind:
1. Sometimes, you actually go to trial. While this would be neat if you actually got to say anything, the fact is you don't. At least, not for many years. Instead, you do all sorts of crazy tasks that you didn't really learn about in law school. Like trying to negotiate fees with expert witnesses and talking to janitors at 11 pm.
2. See number 1. Actually, I'd like to continue this list, but I'm late for my interview with Al, the janitor.
Details next week.
About the Author: Stan Stankowski is the pseudonym of a first-year associate working in a litigation firm somewhere in the South. For more details, read his introductory post, as well as Evan Schaeffer's introduction. The collected Stankowski Reports are here.
Horrifying enough to keep me from law school...Of course, I'm 36 years old, so the odds of me actually going to law school were pretty slim anyway, but hell, if I were thinking about it...This stopped me. Perhaps I'll just stay away from court from now on!
Posted by: D. Eminizer | November 10, 2005 at 08:28 AM
The partner I work for will not even allow me to carry his briefcase because he appreciates the opportunity to get the exercise. If you thought you had nothing to do... shiesh. On the even less bright side, after thirty years of this, if I do a really good job, I'll think of carrying a briefcase as exercise.
Posted by: First Year Associate v1.5 | November 10, 2005 at 05:08 PM
The first time you get sent out to do a corporate officer's deposition, you will discover exactly how much exercise carrying a briefcase can be.
Posted by: mythago | November 12, 2005 at 12:07 AM