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I know what you’re going through.
Unfortunately, you’re at the bottom of the food chain, and since you are still picking up the ropes, they are trying to drill into your head that formatting and spacing matters. In fact, law firms charge a premium because their drafts and emails look extremely professional (apart from having expertise in complex deals). This is the price you pay for working in a large organisation with several seniors above you. If you were in a small startup/ law firm, your learning would be more hands on - but that would not because your senior takes greater interest in teaching you; but that he/ she needs your substantial involvement in the matter and cannot handle it alone. In a bigger organisation, your team can work without you, so they just need you to focus on the tidying up the document.
Here’s another way to look at it - right now, since you don’t have much knowledge about the law, your main job is to shadow your senior. Watch what he/ she is doing, trying to learn the process, try to learn how to analyse clauses etc. Since you still lack expertise in law, right now your input is required only in correcting grammatical or spelling mistakes.
And yes, it does get better with time. As you rise up the ladder, you’ll have more freedom, more control and more visibility over your matters. Till that time, try to grind through this. But also try and show your senior that you’re up for the next phase of tour learning.
Hope this helps!