Student attorney vs litigation attorney

Differences between student attorney and litigation attorney duties and responsibilities

Student attorney example responsibilities.

• Generate an internal memorandum exploring VAWA and special immigrant juvenile cases that lead to the establishment of a new clinic program.
• Provide direct representation to low-income clients on a range of matters including family, criminal, probate, and post-conviction review.
• Issue subpoenas for opposing party's financial records, records for businesses own by opposing party and records of government organizations.
• Compose subpoenas and collect discovery.
• Represent clients before administrative and probate judges.
• Handle trial and arbitration preparation and document review.
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Litigation attorney example responsibilities.

• Supervise and manage plaintiff's personal injury practice.
• Develop litigation strategies including discovery, deposition, arbitration, and jury trial.
• Draft internal memos, subpoenas and various discovery documents.
• Direct and determine all aspects of plaintiff litigation and resolution strategy.
• Review documents for FINRA arbitration concerning poaching of traders between inter-dealer brokers.
• Respond to investigative subpoenas from U.S. government regulatory agencies requesting production of relevant client and third party material.
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