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Perspective

May 18, 2011

Beginning Your Career as a New Lawyer

A first-year associate's transition from the classroom to the workplace. By Melissa Nadal of White & Case LLP


By Melissa Nadal


I remember the first time someone asked what I did after I had graduated from law school. Although my answer was no longer that I was a "law student," I felt strange calling myself a "lawyer." After all, I had not passed the bar exam, I hadn't even started work at a law firm yet, so how could I possibly call myself a lawyer? I fumbled over a response, ultimately answering, "I recently graduated from law school, so now...

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