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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I think of a lawyer, I think of the person who helps you win compensation after you got hit by a car. [/quote]

It varies tremendously by practice area and firm.  An example of my--a biglaw midlevel's--day today (not necessarily representative of a normal day or what others do):
*Conducted legal research for a memo I'm writing about an evidentiary issue that will arise mid-trial at a trial in a few months [every TV show you've seen where lawyers are doing things at trial on the fly are either made up or at least not big law, we game this all out]
* Had a (virtual) team meeting.  This is a weekly standing meeting where we discuss ongoing case strategy and how different work streams are proceeding.  Today was mostly focused on a discussion whether a client currently involved in a civil case will need to "take the Fifth" because of potential criminal exposure.
* Composed an email to the general counsel of a (very small) company about several issues that have cropped up during the document review of the company's documents being done by contract discovery attorneys.  Got a call from the GC shortly thereafter where we talked over the issues.
* Interviewed a candidate for our summer program.
* Call with a partner and a lawyer at a different law firm about some privilege issues that have arisen in the context of a matter we're all involved in
* Call with a partner to discuss the document review issues highlighted above.

This all relates to three different cases I'm working on right now.[/quote]

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