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a. Which areas of law should one brush up their basics on? Apart from arbitration, CPC
b. Any other tips to perform better as an A0 in the team?
2. Keep yourself updated with the procedural notifications which are regularly issued by the court/ forum you practice in. There is a new notification every other day.
3. Try and understand the rooster of the court you practice in. The DHC and SC, at least, have a proper notification with the roster of which judge would take up which kind of matter. The Clients (at least the Indian ones) are always really keen to know that.
4. Make sure you can work with the document editing software's like Adobe DC. Really useful for during court filings.
5. Some people try and maintain a Register / Diary for all the key citations and case law on the main subjects that they come across.
Partners who have only worked at law firms know lesser procedure than seasoned clerks.
1. Sitting in courtrooms for no reason except to observe. During VC hearing, logging in or observing Gujrat HC on YouTube
2. Sitting in tax courts, especially Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (this is my personally tested thing) (Webex VC hearing)
3. Understanding, summarising & Re-Presenting the facts (not representing)
4. Things that go to the root of matter that are often called 'Technical Issues', that come before the merits & can be life saving when merits are weak on your side
5. Preparing the opposite side arguments in advance