what the hell do lawyers do, anyway? pt 1: litigation

📥 sign up for my newsletter: https://cecexie.substack.com/ 🫶 support my work:   / cecexie   🖥️ join my discord:   / discord   🚨 share your biglaw horror and non-horror stories with me: https://cecexie.com/your-biglaw-story ✍️ submit a question to ask cece: https://cecexie.com/ask-cece intro - 0:00 the three major practice areas - 0:34 what is litigation? - 1:01 pre-trial - 4:04 pre-trial: discovery - 4:40 pre-trial: document review - 5:16 pre-trial: motions - 8:24 other pre-trial matters - 9:45 trial - 10:50 post-trial matters - 11:11 other dispute resolution processes - 12:00 who is litigation best suited for? - 13:39 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (my most beloved 1L class (jk)): https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp 💕 f o l l o w m e 💞 @cecexie everywhere instagram:   / cecexie   tiktok:   / cecexie   twitter:   / cecexie   website: https://www.cecexie.com 🎶 m u s i c 🎵 all music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/U... https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/J... ❓ F A Q s ❓ how old are you? 31 ('91 baby) which schools did you go to? yale (undergrad) and harvard (law school) what did you major in? economics what was your gpa and lsat score? 3.86/176 what sign/MBTI/enneagram are you? aries, ENFJ, 3w4 are you sure you're not a virgo? no part of my star chart is virgo or an earth sign, i swear