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"How Junior Associates Can Avoid Common Problems"

In the news: "The Hippocratic oath in medicine begins with the admonition "first, do no harm." This simple directive also fully applies to the practice of law, says Jones Day partner Steven C. Bennett. Junior lawyers, however, often overlook the potential consequences of their behavior, assuming that someone else more senior will help them before or after a problem occurs. Bennett catalogues some of the most common ways that a junior lawyer can mess up a matter, and offers some basic cures for each potential pitfall."

Topics discussed include:

1. WASTING TIME...

2. WASTING RESOURCES...
3. BINDING THE CLIENT...
4. DROPPING THE BALL...
5. LOST/ALTERED DOCUMENTS...

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Source: Law.Com's Daily Legal Newswire. 20 August 2009. Copyright 2008.  ALM Properties, Inc. All rights reserved. Subscribe <http://store.law.com/registration/register.asp?subscribeto=nw>.

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