Being an attorney is often considered a glamorous profession. Indeed, lawyers are frequently dramatized in popular culture and media. Famous actors such as Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Paul Newman, Henry Fonda and Tom Cruise have all romanticized the role of an attorney. We all have our favorite legal drama, whether it is a favorite novel, play, TV show, or movie (and if not, we highly recommend “My Cousin Vinny”). More practically, “attorney” is routinely ranked as one of the most prestigious occupations in the world. Yet, surely many of you by now have realized there are many aspects of this job that are not even slightly glamorous, but are rather grueling, tedious and quite frankly unexciting. And those tasks, for better or worse, often fall on young lawyers.
In particular, document review and due diligence are the bread and butter of many junior attorneys. However, these assignments can be extremely monotonous. Document review often requires litigators to sift through thousands of documents, while due diligence requires transactional attorneys to prepare for a deal by compiling a multitude of corporate records, contracts and other documents.
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