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Law Practice,
Appellate Practice

Dec. 30, 2022

More firms and judges giving associates stand-up court time

Firms respond to judges’ urging for associates to argue

Abigail R. Wolf had been a practicing lawyer in California for almost six years when, in November, she finally made her first court argument.

She had spent a couple of those years in judicial clerkships and a few more working on huge mass tort class actions that presented few courtroom opportunities for new lawyers. She had just completed her first year at Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP when the firm asked her and another junior associate ...

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