A guide to trainee lawyers?

I. Pre-employment inspection

0 1. The main business areas of the team &; Lawyer qualification

Before the interview, know in advance whether the hosting business field of the recruitment team is in line with your major and whether you are interested. Specific channels can be obtained through official website of Lawyers Association, official website of Law Firm, official WeChat account of lawyers' team/individual, etc.

Through the case retrieval websites such as China Judgment Document Network, we can retrieve the cases undertaken by relevant lawyers, and we can also have a preliminary judgment on their professional level.

02. Work content &; office space

Before or during the interview, please pay attention to the specific job content of the recruitment position. Can you actually participate in the case or project undertaking, or just assign you secretarial work?

Pay attention to the workplace, do you want to stand in line? Is there an office? It is necessary to ask another question. Some bosses are really unwilling to pay for an assistant booth.

03. Wages and benefits

Before the interview, you need to know the salary level of intern lawyers in your area. Ask if there are any benefits such as five insurances and one gold, year-end bonus, holiday allowance and group travel.

04. Can I hang up my internship?

Need to pay attention, has the law firm been punished recently? Have you been a lawyer for 5 years? Did you fill in the lawyer's name with two trainee lawyers? Do you need to practice in the name of other lawyers (the interview and assessment of the lawyers association may be troublesome)?

Second, the probation period two-way inspection

The probation period is not only for the boss to inspect you, you also need to inspect the boss's personality, temperament, business ability, business field and case quality, whether you two can get along well, whether the teaching lawyer is willing to show you you, and so on. If you find anything unusual during this period, you can choose to leave, don't wait until you get your internship certificate, don't want to interrupt your internship halfway, and it's troublesome to change your guidance lawyer. It's also uncomfortable to stay for a year and a half.

Third, beware of PUA in the workplace.

You can accept any criticism and education about workplace work with an open mind, but only if you are safe. If your boss always belittles your ability to suppress self-esteem, or even makes personal attacks on you in language, you will start to have constant self-doubt, self-denial, mental anxiety, depression and physical pain …

Then please remain vigilant. You're not safe anymore. You may get PUA in the workplace. In this case, there are two solutions:

1. Leave decisively;

2. Say it out+appropriate shielding.

If his words and deeds offend or attack you, you can tell him directly that I am here to work. If there are any shortcomings in my work, you can point them out, and I will accept them with an open mind, but please don't make personal attacks. I respect you, and please respect me. In this case, normal people generally converge.

Appropriate shielding, as long as it does not involve issues of principle, adjust the mentality, and only be responsible for doing your own job. No matter what he says, others will automatically block it, respect his ability and share his resources. It is still a good idea.

PUA will be dissolved when your perception of yourself is no longer distorted and controlled.

Fourth, keep the bottom line, think independently and judge independently.

For example, my friend A's former boss accepted the case even though he knew that the client provided a false certificate. The case was assigned to A, and A saw at a glance that it was forged evidence, and directly told his boss that I would not do it and would not write a power of attorney. (There are also some common examples of false litigation)

For the cases or projects undertaken, think independently, judge independently, find problems, communicate with the guidance lawyer for feedback at the first time, show your position and make communication records. For the issue of principle, stick to the bottom line and resolutely refuse what should not be done. Don't rely on the client or the guidance lawyer, both of them may have an accident.