DDX_2002's Journal: Fame and fortune

Since last we saw our intrepid hero...

I've had a couple of weeks of court time. Big win on one, hugely complex, turned out great. Big loss on another... I would love to appeal, but life's not like that. It's the client who decides if it's worth appealing, and making your lawyer feel better isn't much of a reason to appeal.

I got to tell my parents they could read about my cases on some newspaper websites, which was very cool. Wish I'd won the second one, but remember, I'm a civil litigator, which doesn't generate the press of criminal law. So long as they spell your name right.

Still adjusting to life as a junior lawyer. They really, really, don't prepare you for the job in school or in the bar admission process. Biggest thing, I work with the law relatively rarely. As a student, it was law law law. Now, my main job now is to assist with marshalling the facts and keep cranking out the correspondence to keep the heat on the other side. And, of course, responding to the various parries and thrusts being made by the juniors on the other side.