expectations and goals for my time in the team. Each team takes a different approach to the mentoring check-ins, and my new coach has come prepared with a list of talking points. We chat a bit about each other and I learn more about how the team likes to work and communicate. 3.00 PM I see an email has come in from a probono client I was working for in my previous rotation through Corporate. This client is a national charity that I have been working for alongside one of the Corporate partners and our national pro-bono team to assist with reviewing funding agreements. The client has sent us comments that the prospective donor has made on our revisions to their agreement. I review the comments and make some judgment calls about what we can agree to and what we need to hold our position on. To ensure both our client and the partner supervising me on the task understand my approach, I include notes explaining the decision making on each comment before sending my draft to the partner for discussion and scheduling a time to discuss with the client. 5.00 PM I have one more task I want to work on today, researching recent decisions and commentary on the drafting of contract terms. I am looking into this for a senior associate in my team who is developing a presentation on the subject for our fellow transactional lawyers. 6.30 PM I decide to do some work for our Diversity and Inclusion Committee. I am a member of this Committee and the firm’s Social Committee. As a project for both, I have developed an event planning checklist for the Perth office. This checklist aims to ensure that when we’re planning staff events, we take diverse cultural, religious and accessibility needs into consideration to make sure no one is left out or unable to attend. The D&I Committee Chairs sent my checklist through to the national D&I team for review, who then asked me to review their global events checklist and make suggested amendments based on Perth’s approach. After sending that off, I pack up my laptop, and head home.
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