Basics of Being a BigLaw Associate

Kufunga nezvebasa reBigLaw?

Kune vadzidzisi vemitemo yakawanda, basa mune rimwe guru rekambani yemutemo ("BigLaw") ndiro chiyero chitsvene, basa reroto, "iwe uchaziva sei kuti wakasvika" chiitiko. Asi vari kushanda muBigLaw zvose zvanyangarika kuva? Chii chakanyanyosimbiswa nemutemo chekuita zuva rose, zvakadaro? Ndiyo maawa anokosha mari here? Ngationei.

Chii Chinoshandiswa Nevamwe Vakuru Vechikoro?

Ichokwadi kuti shamwari dzeBigLaw dzinoita hupenyu hunoremekedzwa zvikuru, kunyanya kunze kwenzvimbo dzakakwirira-dzekugara-soro seNew York City kana kuSan Francisco.

Kutanga miripo yekusanganisa yekutanga yegore ishamwari inowanikwa $ 160,000 pamwe nemabhonasi, izvo zvinowirirana gore. Kwete chump change, kuva nechokwadi!

Asi shamwari dzakawanda dzeBigLaw dzinoshanda zvakaoma mari iyoyo. Panyaya dzakawanda, shamwari dzinotarisirwa kubhadhara (kwete kushanda, asi bhiri) maawa 2 000 pagore. Mukuwedzera kune maawa akawanda, shamwari dzinowanzo "pakufonera" nguva dzose-kuita mazororo, mhuri yekudya, kana kunyange kuenda kumitambo isingatarisirwi zvakanyanya!

Chii Chinoshamwaridzana Nevakuru veChikuru?

Ndezvipi shamwari dzeBigLaw dzinoita munguva yavo yose muhofisi? Mumakore ekutanga, shamwari dzinoshamwaridzana dzinotsigira dzimwe shamwari dzepamusoro uye vanobatana navo uye kazhinji vanoita basa rakanaka rokubata basa. (Kunyange zvazvo ichi chiri kuchinja sezvo vatengi vari kuramba vachiramba kubhadhara kune vekutanga uye vechipiri vashandi uye vezvematongerwo enyika vanobuda kunze vanotora mabasa echirongwa chekuongorora zvinyorwa.)

Sekutanga kana wechipiri gore rinopomerwa mhosva, iwe unogona kubvunzwa kuti uongorore zvinyorwa mukupindura kune zvinyorwa zvemashoko kubva kune avo vanopikisa zano kuti uone kana vari kuteerera pane chikumbiro uye kuona kana chero ropafadzo inoshanda.

Contract attorneys inowanzoita chikwata chokutanga chekuongorora (kana kombiyuta), kuitira kuti iwe unogona kuita basa rekudzokorora kwechipiri, zvichida kutarisa basa remuongororori wekutanga. Iri basa rinonyanya kunetsa, asi inzira yakanaka yekuwana nguva yako billable quota!

Nharo dzinoshamwaridzana mumakore ekutanga dzichagadzirisa mhinduro kune dzimwe mhando dzekukumbira zvikumbiro, zvakadai sekubvunzurudzwa nekukumbira kwekugamuchira uye vachadzorera mhinduro dzekuwana kubva kune rumwe rutivi.

Vanogonawo kuronga uye kubatsira kutarisira basa revanze vasiri nyanzvi, vachivabatsira kunzwisisa nyaya yacho uye kunyora nheyo dzinodikanwa dzemapizi. Uye, kana nyaya yacho inosanganisira kubhadhara, shamwari dzevechidiki dzichawanzogadzirira mukuru mukuru wekambani uyo chaizvoizvo anotora kana kudziviririra kuisa, kubhadhara mibvunzo inogona kugadziriswa uye kugadzirira vanobatanidza ruzivo rwakakosha kuti vauye nemhosva yekuisa gweta. (Muzviitiko zvakawanda, ivo vanozobatsirawo prep chapupu, sezvo vari pedyo nekodzero uye vane pfungwa iri nani yezvinogona kuverengerwa.)

Nenzira yakawanda, basa remusikana wechidiki nderokuva maziso uye nzeve dzevanamatare vakuru vakakura, vachichera muzvokwadi yenyaya yacho uye kuwana munhu wese ruzivo rwavanoda kuti vaongorore zvakakwana mhedziso dzemutemo dzinofanira kuitwa. Sezvo vana vechidiki vanofambira mberi, ivo vanozove vaine basa rakaoma, kunyanya kushandiswa kwepamutemo uye kunyora memos kumatare.

Pamberi pehutano, mamiriro acho akafanana. Sekuve mukomana mukuru wechikuru, iwe unogona kushandisa nguva yako yakawanda uchiita kushingaira kwakakodzera, izvo zvinyorwa zvinyorwa zvekugadzirisa mune imwe sangano. Pano iwe uchange uchitarisa kuti uone kuti magwaro ari pasi pekutengeserana anotsigira zvechokwadi nhamba iri muchikwata.

Iwe unogonawo kuva nemhosva yekuunganidza uye kuongorora zvinyorwa zvose mune chimwe chinhu, basa rinokosha mune imwe nyika apo imwe nhengo isina kunaka inogona kureva mamiriyoni emadhora! Sezvaunofambira mberi, iwe uchatora humwe hutoro hwekukurukurirana mazwi chaiwo emutengo wacho, uchisiya vamwe vaduku vaduku kusarudza minutia.

Kushanda sechikwata cheBigLaw chinoda, uye zvizhinji zvebasa rekutanga zvinogona kuva zvinotyisa. Asi, inobhadhara zvakanaka uye inotarisa zvakanaka pane zvekare, saka vadzidzisi vemitemo vari kuramba vachikwira kumabasa!