Getting through the doors: your first days in a law firm -- What will you be doing, Grasshopper? -- You and your principal -- Registering and ceding articles -- You and your clients -- You and counsel -- Issuing, serving and filing -- Applications and actions, practically speaking -- Indexing and pagination demystified -- The courts: what to do, where to go and to whom you should speak -- After judgment -- Ethics, etiquette and administrative issues -- Being admitted as an attorney -- Checklists -- Directory.