I have been practicing for about three years now and moved from ID to employment law about a year ago. Most of my cases were Prelit for the last year and have now gone into litigation. I feel like I have lost the little knowledge I had of litigation over the past year which has severely shaken my confidence. Not to mention that employment law is an entirely new area of law for me. I recently had a hearing on a motion to compel arbitration and the judge and OC were making great points I had not thought of / asking me questions I didn’t have the answers to because I had not yet heard or come across the issues they were raising. Usually, I’m able to separate the job from emotion, but I really felt distraught after the hearing. I just feel like I’m constantly faced with things I don’t know and I also feel like practicing you live on a solo island. While it’s nice that I work at a bigger firm and there are people to talk to, I do handle all my own cases. Sometimes it’s hard not to feel like people who are great attorneys weren’t born great, ready to tackle any argument that came their way- even if they’ve never heard of the issue before. I’m hoping some of the more seasoned attorneys can provide some support regarding their own journey and how this industry is very much a learning by doing business. I’m just scared for some reason to keep getting knocked down. This is especially apparent during depositions where people throw so much nonsense around it’s hard for me to stick to what I know is correct procedurally. Also- could anyone give me some insight on how you stay up to date with new laws/ codes. There is just such an infinite amount of information i just constantly feel discombobulated.
By - phillysasha
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