As an example, we started synthesizing cases for memos (legal writing) and I noticed that a lot of my classmates were completely briefing every case regardless of the relevance of a lot of the facts. Including the extraneous material not only seems like a complete waste of time but in a real-life situation, seems like an enormous and costly waste of time to the assigner. A brief isn't a summary of the case, it's a summary of the relevant factors of a case. I can see where people might be afraid of leaving something out; however, isn't the assigner relying on you not to do that?
As an employer would you ever rely on a brief if you didn't trust the associate to include everything relevant? Further, how long would said associate work for you if they gave you briefs that were nearly as long as the cases?
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