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How To Raise Disagreements With Senior Attorneys, Richard L. Heppner Jr. Jan 2022

How To Raise Disagreements With Senior Attorneys, Richard L. Heppner Jr.

Law Faculty Publications

As a new attorney, you may receive assignments from your supervising attorney like:

• find a case that stands for this legal argument,

• draft the section of the brief arguing that the court has no jurisdiction, or

• write a client memo explaining why this asset purchase is a good idea.

Sometimes you will discover that the initial assignment isn’t necessarily the best approach. This paper discusses how to engage your supervising attorney in a such situations.