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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The examples you give used to be secretarial tasks. If you have people who don’t know how to redline a document or attach things to emails, have somebody show them how. [/quote]

No, those aren’t secretarial tasks. An associate who’s been at any firm for more than a week should know how to run a redline and attach a document. If you can’t handle those tasks for $300k/year, how can you be trusted to do more substantive work?[/quote]

Um they are secretarial tasks. The fact that no one has secretaries anymore doesn’t change that this isn’t evidence of their legal skills or lack thereof— it’s a basic tech tip that someone could explain in 5 minutes. 
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The standard practice when an associate turns a draft is for them to attach the doc and a redline. This is part of the associate’s job. Calling it secretarial makes an excuse for the associate’s incompetence. [/quote]
So ask them to do that? Should take one time to tell them. And to the in-house poster saying she doesn't like to pay for redlining -- should the editing just be free, then?

Stop hiring laterally and start hiring "up." Meaning, hire people from lower tier firms or government who are hungry and want to make more money. Ask for multiple writing samples, and try to determine if they were co-written or edited by someone else.[/quote]

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