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This is an industry where you're expected to bust your ass to make partner, or burn out and die trying. If you're going to burn out, they want to find out soone
by phendrenad2 5y ago
This is an industry where you're expected to bust your ass to make partner, or burn out and die trying. If you're going to burn out, they want to find out sooner so you can be replaced by someone else.
- capguy255 5y agoThese lawyers aren't full time employees who would be on the partner track. "Contract attorneys" are hired on a temporary, project by project basis to perform document review for discovery during lawsuits and investigations. Depending on the size of the matter, the work could be done by a small team or even hundreds of reviewers. They are directly employed by staffing agencies, and those agencies that have contracts with law firms or corporations. Their primary task is to sit in front of a computer and review documents, and disposition those documents based upon the instructions provided by the law firm. Aside of the fact that the process is overseen by lawyers, document review probably doesn't have to be done by lawyers.