The Watson Farley Williams trainee blog continues to delight… This week we have Daisy… here is (some of) what Daisy has to say:
“I am delighted to blog that my seat in International litigation has so far been great. I have done research into waiver of privilege and freezing injunctions which involved reading cases – a refreshing change from the ‘practical exercises’ of the LPC. Still, lessons at law school in ‘How to bundle’ and ‘Paginators: Number manipulation and ink control’ would have come in handy this week….
Thursday was long awaited payday! …. In the evening the firm laid on a trainee night out – a rather wet treasure hunt around the city followed by supper and hookah pipes. More free booze and food at the law rugby sevens tournament on Sunday – again the rain was torrential but of course didn’t dampen spirits… All in all so far so good. Would love to write for longer, but must get back to some bundles..” WFW Trainee Blog
FROM THE DESK OF MATT MUTTLEY, Managing Partner, Dastardly Muttley LLP
It has come to my attention through our ‘Black Ops unit’ that a London law firm is now allowing trainees to blog about their experiences at the firm. This is a trend which I would like to see replicated throughout The City. It will give us a degree of competitive advantage and you will benefit from the knowledge that your contemporaries at other law firms are not contributing to their firm in the way you are – because they are involved in non-productive work, when they are engaged in these extra-curricular activities. I provide my reasons below.
Having assessed the content of these trainee blogs it seems to me that trainees at this particular firm are spending the firm’s time going on treasure hunts, attending rugby tournaments and reading caselaw – all of which activities, of course, are ‘proscribed activities’ in our firm (See: Para 1247 (b)(iii) of our Terms & Conditions of Service Regulations (Trainees) October 2006). You will recall the briefing you received at your induction that if a partner or assistant at this firm requires you to read a case or other law based document, you will be directed to the relevant library or online resource and carry out research under controlled conditions and will record same on the file using our latest LawChronometer software package to record time spent.
On careful perusal of this firm’s trainee weblog, I am encouraged only by one comment in a blog entry by ‘AL’ where he says this… “My supervisor has been very keen to push me out of my “comfort zone” and turn me into a lean mean drafting machine.”
That is all. Be happy in your work. And remember…everyday at MD is ‘Bring ME Sunshine Day.” I look forward to the day when I will be able to meet you in person.