[blindLaw] request for advice to be better prepared for litigation work

[Rahul Bajaj]

thanks, sanho. Here is what I read currently:
1. If it is a suit, I read the plaint where we are for the defendant.
2. If it is an appeal where we are for the appellee, I read the appeal from
the appellant.
3. I read the orders to date, if it is a matter in which hearings have
taken place before.
4. if we have filed a written statement or a response, I read that.

What I do not read:
1. annexures accompanying the pleadings. because of 2 reasons: I have
difficulty figuring out which ones to zero in on and a large number of them
are quite inaccessible and bulky. so I tend to shy away from reading them.
during arguments, I find it hard to follow when the lawyer from the other
side is reading a particular annexure and I have not read it before. this
also ahppens in meetings with senior lawyers and case discussions. it is my
biggest weakness.
2. If it is an appeal, I do not read pleadings in the courts below which I
can do if they are accessible or make them accessible if not.
3. I don't bookmark properly and pinpoint key pieces of info in a quickly
retrievable format.

Rahul

On Fri, 22 Sept 2023 at 16:57, Sanho Steele-Louchart via BlindLaw <
blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> It's hard to say what you could be doing more without knowing what you're
> doing already. What's your current process?
>
> Warmth,
> Sanho
>
> > On Sep 22, 2023, at 3:01 AM, Rahul Bajaj via BlindLaw <
> blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Good afternoon from New Delhi. I have joined the bar in New Delhi and
> have
> > been in active legal practice for around 14 months, in the areas of
> > intellectual property law and disability rights law. The feedback that I
> > got from the law firm where I work, albeit expressed subtly, is that I
> > should prepare better for matters, to be able to provide valuable inputs
> in
> > an ongoing conference or hearing. they said that asking for time to look
> > for the relevant information may just result in the hearing or meeting
> > becoming ineffective, and therefore I do have the unfair onus of going
> the
> > extra mile.
> >
> > If you have 5 minutes, could you outline  what I could be doing more? I
> > have an intern who has been appointed specifically to address my needs. I
> > need to develop a system to be more practically useful in hearings and
> > conferences.
> >
> > Rahul
> >
> > --
> > --
> > Rahul Bajaj
> > Attorney, Ira Law
> > Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
> > Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford
> > Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility
> > Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford
> > Human Rights Hub
> > Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme
> > Court of India
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Rahul Bajaj
Attorney, Ira Law
Senior Associate Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Rhodes Scholar (India and Linacre 2018), University of Oxford
Co-Founder, Mission Accessibility
Special Correspondent on the rights of persons with disabilities, Oxford
Human Rights Hub
Coordinator of the working group on accessibility, e-Committee, Supreme
Court of India