Six weeks into the training contract and things seemed to be going ok. I've settled into a rhythm and I generally know what to do - and if I don't, I'm not afraid to ask for help! I have even started to get a little bit excited when I go to collect the mail from my pigeon hole (ok, it's not mine, it belongs to the woman with whose cases I'm dealing (let's call her LEX for now), but it's basically mine until she returns). I'm usually disappointed when I flick through the mail and read a bunch of snide letters from other law firms, but there's the occasional nice surprise, like a settlement for a case we had all but given up hope for!
Anyway, one thing I had realised was that I had no idea how well I was actually doing. In the first few weeks I didn't expect much evaluation as I was still getting used to everything, but after a month or so I really wanted to know if I was doing good work or not. Well, last week I had my first performance review. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the verdict is....................... yeah, I'm doing fine.
While I do talk to her a lot, it's nearly always about cases, or just general chit chat. And while it wasn't a gruelling assessment of my progress to date, it was nice to sit and talk with my supervisor about my general experience at the firm so far.
I think the real performance review will occur when LEX returns and discovers what I've done with all her cases! And I sure hope she's happy with my work, because when she comes back, my supervisor goes off on holiday and I'll be taking care of her cases for a couple of weeks. Needless to say, my supervisor's cases are a bit more complex so I'd really like to take control of them on the back of some encouraging feedback from LEX!
Other than that, everything is fine. I've had some amusing moments, some awkward moments and some facepalm moments. And I'm guessing you wish I'd written this blog post about the facepalm moments! Well tough, you'll just have to wait until next time! :)
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