May 21, 2008
I think I will probably look back on this as the moment I became a lawyer. Not law school graduation, not passing the bar, not my first 6 months of work as a lawyer, but Wednesday night. After working for 24 hours straight, I was about to leave the office and 9:15pm when I was called into a meeting of the “research team” of a case heading to trial. Before this meeting I was unaware I was part of such a team, I had merely been researching discrete questions, remaining unintegrated to the case. At the meeting the partner told us we were the team and went through all the legal questions we had unanswered as of the moment and reviewed what needed to be done. He also informed me that I was on the case now going to trial. My head was fuzzy from lack of sleep, I was trying not to yawn, I had been annoyed by having to go to a meeting so late, but suddenly, I was being put on my first trial team and it excited and thrilled me. It reminded me why I am in love with being a lawyer.
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