Nov 09, 2017 · How do new lawyers find the edge they need to succeed? Join our panel for a lively discussion on how to be proactive, build relationships, and effectively manage your time as a junior associate while navigating the many demands and expectations that you’ll face from partners and clients.
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Jul 21, 2021 · Starting in Lexis Advance, click on the tiles in the upper left corner to find the tile for Lexis Practice Advisor. You can browse the various "Practice Areas" to focus on a particular type of transaction or area of law (e.g., Corporate and M&A, Labor & Employment, Real Estate, Tax, etc.).Starting in Westlaw, click on the small menu icon in the upper left corner to toggle …
Jun 20, 2016 · If you want to succeed as a junior associate, you would do well to follow these fifteen rules: 1. Be Nice to People. Of course you are going to be nice to the partners. They, after all, control your destiny.
However, the term "Transactional" is a bit vague. It refers to the legal practice of bringing people and/or companies (or other organizations) together to make a deal.
The American Bar Association (ABA) and the Practising Law Institute (PLI) publish a number of resources to help new lawyers in specific areas of practice. These resources can not only help you with the practicalities of your work, they can help you to discover whether a particular area of law is a good fit for you.
You don't have to start from scratch when drafting documents. Your firm may have a work product database or document management system you can use to find documents used in prior deals. This allows you to maintain the "look & feel" of your firm's documentation and benefit from its developed expertise.
When Catherine receives the draft sales contract from Harry, she skims through the contract and telephones Chloe to tell her that the contract is almost finalized. Catherine has noticed that Harry included a choice of law provision stating that California law will apply. Catherine would like to change that to Arizona law, a change that Catherine predicts will likely be accepted. A closing date is scheduled and the sales contract is finalized and executed by the parties. Several weeks later, the buyer is served with a complaint arising from the claim that Chloe and Catherine were made aware of before the sales contract was signed. Harry, the buyer’s lawyer, immediately notifies Catherine of a breach of contract claim that he plans to file against Chloe based on the representation contained in the sales contract, which states: “Seller represents that there are no pending lawsuits against the subject business and that Seller has no knowledge of any potential legal claims against the subject business.” The scene begins when Catherine opens the “notice of breach of contract claim” sent to her by Harry. At this point, Catherine notices the inclusion of the representation. Catherine then calls her law partner Brett to discuss the inclusion of the representation. Catherine admits that she failed to notice the inclusion of the representation when she first reviewed the contract and recommended that her client, Chloe, sign it. Brett recommends that Catherine inform Chloe that Catherine had not noticed the inclusion of the representation.
Catherine immediately confronts Chloe about her apparent lack of candor concerning the existence of any pending litigation. The buyer’s lawyer discovered that there is evidence of a lawsuit that will imminently be filed. This also raises the issue of whether a lawyer should rely on her client’s statements without performing any research of her own.
Unlike litigators, a transactional attorney's duties and responsibilities do not involve being in a courtroom.
To become a transactional attorney, you need to have many of the same qualifications that you need to become a litigator. This means having a bachelor's degree and attending law school.
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