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*'''Can I speak to a partner please?''' How disdainful, on average, is the team to the [[Private practice lawyer|junior lawyer on the external team]] should {{sex|she}} try to answer uninformed questions about a document {{sex|he}} has just spent sixteen hours preparing? | *'''Can I speak to a partner please?''' How disdainful, on average, is the team to the [[Private practice lawyer|junior lawyer on the external team]] should {{sex|she}} try to answer uninformed questions about a document {{sex|he}} has just spent sixteen hours preparing? | ||
*'''[[Red-herring ninja]]dom''': How comprehensive is the team’s knowledge of the punctuation, typography, weight, leading and style of the firm’s legal name wherever it appears in a [[prospectus]]? | *'''[[Red-herring ninja]]dom''': How comprehensive is the team’s knowledge of the punctuation, typography, weight, leading and style of the firm’s legal name wherever it appears in a [[prospectus]]? | ||
*'''Mark-up pedantry''': Beyond the inherent pedantry of the [[red-herring ninja]], how brazenly superficial are the teams usual amendments to perfectly sound legal drafting? Additional points for refusing to hear of modifications to your own mangled syntax; | *'''Mark-up pedantry''': Beyond the inherent pedantry of the [[red-herring ninja]], how brazenly superficial are the teams usual amendments to perfectly sound legal drafting? Additional points for refusing to hear of modifications to your own mangled syntax;<ref>{{Bold full stop]}</ref> | ||
*'''Throw the associate under the bus''': How shamelessly will the team blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name the team keeps forgetting and whose legal assurances count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in every inbox since 4.30 am on the Saturday morning immediately following the 6pm request for it? | *'''Throw the associate under the bus''': How shamelessly will the team blame the most [[Private practice lawyer|junior member of outside counsel team]] — the same one whose name the team keeps forgetting and whose legal assurances count for nothing in the “can I speak to a partner please” category — for neglecting to prepare and circulate “critical legal documentation” that has, in fact, been in every inbox since 4.30 am on the Saturday morning immediately following the 6pm request for it? | ||
*'''External law-firm management''': How feverishly insistent is the team in requiring all external spend over £2,500 to go through a mandatory three-way bidding process? | *'''External law-firm management''': How feverishly insistent is the team in requiring all external spend over £2,500 to go through a mandatory three-way bidding process? | ||
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*[[Inhouse counsel]] | *[[Inhouse counsel]] | ||
*[[Awards]] | *[[Awards]] | ||
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