If you’re one of the lucky few law school graduates from the class of 2012 to have a job with a firm, congratulations! You’ve earned it.

As a new associate, you’ll be busy trying to remember names, figure out how to work the coffee machine, and oh yeah, learn how to practice law. To say it’s overwhelming is a slight understatement.

While you try to juggle all of your new tasks, here are a few tips to help you survive your first year as a new associate. It’s not ground-breaking stuff, but that doesn’t make it any less important.

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  • #26Acts Lawyers Can Do to Make the World, and Our Profession, Better (FindLaw’s Greedy Associates)

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