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Originally posted by taxwonk
Try approaching the work like you did when you first got out of LS again. Really think through the matter. Examine all the facts. Ask yourself why the facts you deem material are. Question why the ones you dismissed as non-material are not material.
Look at the issues you've identified. Re-examining them will almost inevitably lead to ones you've missed that, while not crucial to your problem, will give it more context.
Finally, do the research. All of it. Don't just find the one or two No Action Letters that you can rely on for support. Read all of them. Think about what makes the distinguishable one distinguishable. Note the splits in circuits, and look at whether another circuit outside the controlling one has a better answer. Consider arguing for a change in the controlling circuit.
All this can be summed up as reawakening your intellectual curiosity. Don't look at the work as just another problem to be cleared off your desk. What made law interesting when you got out of school was the fact that it was a process of discovery. What makes it become boring is the transformation of discovery into routine.
I don't know if this will help or not. It's what keeps things fresh for me, though. I'm also lucky enough that the group I work in tends to get the more complex and unique matters. Therefore, a lot of my assignments really are things that nobody knows the answer to.
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I didnt ask how to be a good lawyer. I asked how to be jobloving Sidd type.
YOur suggestion is exactly why I am procrastinating, dear. Thats a whole lotta unfun effort.
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