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As any experienced [[inhouse lawyer]] will tell you, the following are the core skills: | As any experienced [[inhouse lawyer]] will tell you, the following are the core skills: | ||
*'''Timeliness of brief''': After an indolent day | *'''Timeliness of brief''': After an indolent day spent in [[Continuing professional development|CPD seminars]] and [[panel discussions]], how reliably can you hit the magical [[6 p.m.]] deadline for dropping a “drafts required by open of business tomorrow so help me” instruction on [[Private practice lawyer|external advisors]]? | ||
*'''Inexplicable delay''': For how many weeks can you leave drafts — whose immediate turnaround was expressed to be a matter of life and death and, to accommodate which, the [[Private practice lawyer|external team]] rearranged long-standing plans for the theatre, to celebrate wedding anniversaries and so on — before deigning to look at them? | *'''Inexplicable delay''': For how many weeks can you leave drafts — whose immediate turnaround was expressed to be a matter of life and death and, to accommodate which, the [[Private practice lawyer|external team]] rearranged long-standing plans for the theatre, to celebrate wedding anniversaries and so on — before deigning to look at them? | ||
*'''Yes, but can I speak to a partner please?''' How disdainful can you be to the [[Private practice lawyer|junior-most lawyer on the external team]] should {{sex|she}} try to answer your uninformed questions about a document {{sex|she}} has just spent sixteen hours preparing? | *'''Yes, but can I speak to a partner please?''' How disdainful can you be to the [[Private practice lawyer|junior-most lawyer on the external team]] should {{sex|she}} try to answer your uninformed questions about a document {{sex|she}} has just spent sixteen hours preparing? | ||