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I didn't know anyone in courtrooms. As I was a First Generation Lawyer in my Family.

If you're a first-generation lawyer trying to find your footing, here are five things I've learned along the way:

1. Keep your health a priority:

This isn't a one-day run. It's a long game. You need your mind and body to show up fully.

2. Stop worrying about who you don't know,

Start focusing on what you're building.
You're not behind.
You're building differently.

3. Carry your file like it belongs in your hands: You don't have to feel ready. You just have to walk in.

4. You don't have to be loud to be taken seriously,

Clarity, grace and good work will get you further than noise ever will.

5. Don't do this alone:

Look out for other first-gen lawyers. If the path feels lonely, you're probably building one that matters.

We didn't come here to blend in.

We came here to build something better .......

If you've learned something important in your own legal journey

or

if you're facing something no one talks about; feel free to drop it below.

30 Important technical terms you may find in the Cause List or Case Status

PO – Passed Over
DF – Date Fixed
ED – Early Date
LAFP – List After Fixed Period
LPP – List with Previous Paper
OC – Ordinary Course
NDF – Notice Date Fixed
Top 10 – Matters are listed in the top ten cases of the Additional Cause List.
Top 20 – Matters are listed in the top twenty cases of the Additional Cause List.
TU – Tied Up
PH – Part Heard
WC – Week Commencing
NCL – Next Cause List
A.F.R – ApprovedFor Reporting
R.P.A.D – Registered Post Acknowledgement Due
DCL – Daily Cause List
IA – Interlocutory Application
Writ A – Writ Petitions about service matters and rent control matters
Writ B – Writ Petitions about Land Matters
Writ C – Writ Petitions about Miscellaneous Matters
CRLP – Criminal Misc. Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
GOVA – Government Appeal
FAFO – First Appeal from Order
WTAX – Writ Tax
CAPL – Contempt Application (Civil)
482/ 528 – Application for quashing criminal proceedings under Section 482 of Criminal Procedure Code/ Section 528 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita
A227 – Matters under Article 227 of the Constitution of India
ABAIL/ NABAIL – Anticipatory Bail Application
CLRE – Civil Revision
CRLR – Criminal Revision