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Last I heard, all the "outsider" judges are still in training and they haven't been given teams yet.  When they're "ready" (again, with NO EXPERIENCE in this area of law), more reassignments will likely occur, so it's possible you may still be reassigned.  Imagine how fun that'll be - drafting decisions for a judge who's never done this kind of work?  And they're supposed to be able to rate draft decisions?  What a slap in the face to BVA attorneys with actual experience signing BVA decisions!  Of course, nothing new at the BVA . . .  We say we care, but we act like we don't.  [/quote]

This is what should be scary for the attorneys. I see it could go a few ways. They sign everything without a lot of scrutiny because they don’t know the law. In which case the attorney’s job gets easier. Or, they give stuff back for silly reasons or get the law wrong but are mean about it. Or, they are really slow to sign their cases because they are being really careful and are trying to learn, which means attorneys will struggle to meet the quota but at least the new judge is making an effort. Maybe they will have to use AVLJs and senior counsel to pick up the surplus cases for the new judges. [/quote]

The whole AVLJ thing is another Board scam.  They no longer prorate attorney quotas for time spent as AVLJs, so you're basically doing the work of two people now, but still just receiving attorney pay.  They tell you it'll help you in your VLJ application to have experience as an AVLJ, and then they ignore all the experienced attorneys they already have (some with 10+ years of experience working as AVLJs) and hire outsiders with NO veterans law experience, let alone AVLJ experience.  The only good part is that AVLJ work isn't required for attorneys, so you can refuse the Board's generous "offer" to do extra work for no extra pay.  [/quote]

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