[ SECRET POST #4192 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4192 ⌋

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I feel sick

[philstar22]

My first major screw up as a lawyer. The client has a first name that can be either gender, but in the spelling of a woman. Didn't realize client was a man. Wrote an entire brief based on gender/sexuality grounds for asylum under the belief client was a woman. The assistant already submitted it since it was due today. God. I don't even know what to do.

Re: I feel sick

[morieris]

As someone with a unisex name (Though not one that's spelled differently depending on gender.....the only name I can think of there is Blair/Blaire), I'm sure they're used to it.

But you'll probably have to write it again, and hopefully they don't fire you :/

Re: I feel sick

[philstar22]

Erin/Aaron.

Re: I feel sick

[(Anonymous)]

Isn't this a breach of privacy laws?

Re: I feel sick

[philstar22]

No? No last name, no specifics on the case, I'm fine.

Re: I feel sick

[(Anonymous)]

No because those are two incredibly common names.

Re: I feel sick

[morieris]

Well damn at that rate he must confuse people about five times a day.

Re: I feel sick

[(Anonymous)]

Erin is a male name in Turkey.

Re: I feel sick

[greghousesgf]

Don/Dawn
Billy/Billie

Re: I feel sick

[morieris]

Huh, good point.

Re: I feel sick

[el_regrs]

Also Adrian/Adrianne (or Adrien/Adrienne)

Re: I feel sick

[belladonna_took]

Own up immediately. Apologise. Ask to extend the deadline to resubmit if possible. If not possible, ask anyway. Keep asking. Ask everyone you can reach. Politely harass. Let them know that you will haunt their inboxes and answering machines for eternity if they don't help you unfuck this.

I have fucked up important legal paperwork before too. I know we're not supposed to, because it's a very important job and people depend on everything going smoothly. BUT IT HAPPENS. Ask anyone senior to you about the first time they stuffed something up. Everyone has a story or five.

I want to tell you it will be fine and you'll never mess up again, but sometimes the work you don't do is the difference between something going your way or not going your way. You will keep making mistakes. You will learn from them. In the future you will have the opportunity to help more people with everything you've learned.

I once messed up an important thing involving an abused infant if it makes you feel less shitty in comparison. Taking on work that helps vulnerable people is so important and it does make a difference, but it also means that you probably still have feelings, and it's not all wins. It burns you out a lot faster, and you get to spend a lot of time hating how powerless you are.

I overused the word 'important' but I am half asleep. Please hang in there. I'm really bad at being comforting but you can PM me if you need to panic at someone a bit. <3

Re: I feel sick

[(Anonymous)]

Own up your error ASAP, don't wait for it to be discovered. Request politely to fix and resubmit.

And frankly, I hope your entire brief wasn't really based on gender/sexuality as grounds for asylum because that sounds like a really weak case. I can't imagine even a liberal judge granting asylum based on the fact that somebody is female and nothing else.

Re: I feel sick

[philstar22]

No worry on that account. Boss is away, but he's the one who caught the error when reviewing the brief. Already apologized to him.