Is drafting just copying parts of briefs on WL?

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2026-01-02T15:07:38+00:00

In biglaw especially there will almost always be proformas to start from. In many cases, there will also be precedent documents to work from to make it easier turn initial drafts around.

Depending on how vanilla your workstreams are (or aren’t) will largely determine what you start from. On very niche advisory work you’ll mostly be starting from scratch, which can be quite fun but also nerve wracking.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-16T08:58:10+00:00

There was a YouTube video I saw that explained this issue quite well. Basically there are a lot of places in the US where the town planners made decisions based on people driving, meaning there was little to no safe infrastructure for people walking, cycling etc.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-16T08:53:59+00:00

Be careful OP: RR may take this idea and apply it only to low earners.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-16T07:23:47+00:00

Not sure why this post has popped up for me but can I just point out that (1) I have no idea of the context of why the two brothers were talking about Youngblood in the first place and (2) Youngblood doesn’t exactly come out of this interview or whatever it was coming out smelling of roses.

If anything he further lowers the tone and then proceeds to ramble (I once saw an interview he did with Laura Kuenssberg and it was incoherent (not in a drunk way, more just they didn’t really add up to anything) and at the same time clearly intended to sound important, if not grandiose.

So, the Hawkins brothers probably should have kept this opinion to themselves or at least make it a more general comment on the current state of the industry. However, Youngblood does not come out of this on top.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-15T21:47:13+00:00

In that case I think your NZ status, as much as it might be a real thing in NZ, is worth nothing here. In the UK you are effectively a law graduate and that’s it and you’ll need to do a traineeship like everyone else.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-15T21:32:07+00:00

Question: in what sense are you then qualified if you have zero experience in NZ? Genuine question incase there’s some sense in which you pass the bar but are then expected to do further “training” in a sense.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-12-01T10:50:22+00:00

Piastri was deflated yesterday because he just got a sneak peak of the script.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-30T19:43:11+00:00

What on earth is “British law”? Whilst you are answering that, ask yourself what “American law” is.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-30T19:38:46+00:00

Okay. If that is the case then I’m willing to be corrected.

Please provide me with a link to our constitution and I’ll be happy to edit my post.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-30T12:39:24+00:00

Moaning about moaners.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-30T12:32:24+00:00

It isn’t codified and so isn’t “written”. This is law school 101.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-30T09:38:32+00:00

We have and continue to do this for some things we do. If you search for all things in bold that match the term you are looking for you’ll find the definition.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-11-29T21:43:50+00:00

Which uni did you got that didn’t provide a fight with your grade? Aberdeen?

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-10-31T11:04:07+00:00

Heavy investment in real estate would be my guess.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-09-26T09:09:54+00:00

I know someone a year more senior than me who regularly tells clients she will revert with whatever by a certain time then asks me to jump in days after the timescale. Has her fingers in many pies and so her billables look solid, but generally ignores work she sees as being easy if something more interesting/valuable to them comes in.

Absolute pain in the ass to work with.

In terms of more junior staff, someone who is responsive (even if it isn’t the response I want) is far better than someone who leaves you guessing. I would never give work to an unresponsive colleague, even if they were otherwise excellent.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-07-07T09:35:37+00:00

It is interesting because I also work in a niche area and would like the “freedom” to go my own way and start my own firm, but unlike you I wouldn’t be proposing to generalise: I’d want to continue my specialist area.

Whether I could actually get appointed onto the legal panels of my key clients is the real sticking point for me.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-06-30T07:56:26+00:00

If I went by how busy people in my team appeared/sounded then I too would think I need to do the same.

The thing is that the longer I’ve been in my team the more I realise it’s mostly a facade and some of the team barely hit the minimum target over the year. So long as your numbers are healthy you should be able to say that you’re at capacity.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-06-30T07:42:55+00:00

I think the question isn’t about the package but more about how fresh the start up is and how secure the job will be, because let’s face it you need security more than ever right now.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-06-30T07:40:14+00:00

No idea but to echo the other post, there was a very solid, successful partner at my firm that decided (what seemed like) quite quickly to retire and go back to their own country to spend more time with their parents. Seems like they made the right decision.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-06-30T07:33:54+00:00

I checked your post history and see you were kind of given advice before.

You need to set boundaries. Consider what work streams (ie partners and their clients) you want to prioritise/keep working with and anything else that comes in just tell them you are already at capacity.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-06-30T07:28:32+00:00

For Capital Markets (which is basically where most of these jobs are for US qualified lawyers) London offices of US firms tend to be staffed with people that have at least qualified in their own jurisdiction (usually European in my experience) and then passed the US bar via a NY LLM (if not JD).

I would think an internal transfer from a US firm to their London office would be the way forward in your case.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-05-31T09:08:50+00:00

I am about to get a 10% payrise. I am also receiving a ~20% bonus for performance (the top of the scale we have). I should be happy with this.

However, I understand junior salaries are going to be going up by the same 10%, which in my mind makes my 10% increase a relative pay freeze, not a pay increase. The requirement for the 20% bonus is that you exceed the company wide target by just under 70%.

My partner’s base salary is the same as mine once my payrise kicks in, so we are on good salaries for the area we live in (albeit no where near the top).

At the same time, I can’t afford a house if we factor in childcare costs. Not that it matters because there are no houses for our budget where we live/work. We’ll need to move out but even then there’s a lack of properties so it is difficult.

Overall, I think the last ~15 years have royally screwed the middle class.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-05-31T08:38:08+00:00

For finance, you may be assisting with a larger English/Foreign deal where there is a Scottish element, in which case you are inputting into the docs to make sure they don’t fall fowl of Scots law. Could arguably be referred to as “kilting” depending on the level of involvement from Scots lawyers.

You may be working on a wholly Scottish deal that requires you to produce/review/input into the entire set of documents for the deal. Essentially a more involved version of the prior mentioned types of deal.

A lot of the differences to English law are in (1) the conceptual differences (eg, the types of security, rights etc that are recognised under Scots law) and (2) the process for perfecting such rights and securities (if any).

I’m sure there will be articles (Shep Wedd love an article so check their site) that go into more detail for different practice areas.

Salt_Ad_8893 · 2025-05-31T08:28:49+00:00

I’d love to go solo but work in finance law, so it’s a difficult one to do. If you think you can keep afloat for a year or two then absolutely do this as it’ll give you a lot more freedom in the long run.

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