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tboy's entry about some young upstart at the company she works for.
Which reminds me of mine. *g*
Message to paralegal. When the fully-qualified and experienced lawyer who is actually running the case tells you that she has considered a file and that certain documents need to be included in a chronology and accompanying folders of documents that you are preparing for a forthcoming court hearing, you do not decide in your dubious, and completely unqualified wisdom, to omit her choices. On the basis that you, as a paralegal with some knowledge of some aspects of the case, can't see how they're relevant. As compared to the lawyer's knowledge, which stretches to all aspects of the case. Not to mention that the lawyer has vastly more knowledge of the legal arguments that are in issue than you do. Because you, dear paralegal, compared to the lawyer who is running the case know fuck-all.
Of course, if you do decide to ignore the lawyer's instructions you may find that it backfires on you. For example, you may be told that you will have to re-do the chronology and court bundle. Which will mean that you have to work the weekend. For no extra pay. Whereas if you'd followed the lawyer's instructions in the first place the chronology and court papers would have been ready today and you could have had a nice weekend.
*eg*
tboy's entry about some young upstart at the company she works for.Which reminds me of mine. *g*
Message to paralegal. When the fully-qualified and experienced lawyer who is actually running the case tells you that she has considered a file and that certain documents need to be included in a chronology and accompanying folders of documents that you are preparing for a forthcoming court hearing, you do not decide in your dubious, and completely unqualified wisdom, to omit her choices. On the basis that you, as a paralegal with some knowledge of some aspects of the case, can't see how they're relevant. As compared to the lawyer's knowledge, which stretches to all aspects of the case. Not to mention that the lawyer has vastly more knowledge of the legal arguments that are in issue than you do. Because you, dear paralegal, compared to the lawyer who is running the case know fuck-all.
Of course, if you do decide to ignore the lawyer's instructions you may find that it backfires on you. For example, you may be told that you will have to re-do the chronology and court bundle. Which will mean that you have to work the weekend. For no extra pay. Whereas if you'd followed the lawyer's instructions in the first place the chronology and court papers would have been ready today and you could have had a nice weekend.
*eg*
