Fifteen years ago, after years of study, Joseph Rayment had landed his dream job at a major commercial law firm. The career path of corporate law offered the promise of financial security and intellectually stimulating work in a litigation team working on major financial disputes. And, as the son of a judge and brother of a barrister, he was following in a family tradition.
But soon, he found himself trekking to the office basement to pick up boxes full of folders marked for the dreaded document review process, in which young lawyers are conscripted into reading through reams of often inane emails, reports and memos dredged up during the discovery process in litigation.
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