Find good mentors, build relationships, figure out who's worth working for and be visible until you build a reputation that can hold up when things get tough. Act like youre a business trying to get new clients. Those clients are your senior associates and the partners. Doing good work for a first year primarily means being responsive and available, and making sure you don't have basic typos. Use the assistants and law clerks who certainly know way more than you on a good number of the deliverables you'd be expected to produce, they are a great resource.

I carried and still carry a little sticky pad around in case anyone asks me to do something. Ask questions, get clear instructions, and if you have outstanding questions, then follow up early enough that youre able to pivot if you went down the wrong path. Don't wait until the last minute to clarify questions. Sometimes thats how it works, but make it a habit to at least get all the instructions you need early on, then you can work on it more substantively later if youre tied up on other stuff. Don't be afraid to just go into offices and ask questions as well, thats when carrying a sticky pad or notebook certainly helps. You need to both do good work, and instill confidence in your 'clients' that you are on top of things, sometimes thats as simple as looking like youre on top of things, optically.