Los Angeles Superior Court Junior Lawyer Participation Incentives

The Court strongly encourages firms and agencies to let less experienced attorneys argue motions and take key trial roles.

The Court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions, and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire, and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

When a junior attorney argues a motion, the Court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument if needed and will allocate more hearing time.

When a junior attorney argues for whatever relief is requested, the Court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument, if needed, and will allocate more time to the hearing to accommodate.

The Court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions and to have an important role at trial.

The Court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

The Court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys opportunities to argue motions and play important roles at trial.

The Court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

Junior attorneys are encouraged to argue hearings; when one argues, a senior attorney may augment and the Court will allow extra argument time (no specific experience threshold is defined in the order).

The Court strongly encourages the active participation of junior attorneys in hearings before the Court to help develop their litigation skills. When a junior attorney argues for whatever relief is requested, the Court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument, if needed, and will allocate more time to the hearing to accommodate.

The Court encourages (but does not require) senior counsel to let a junior lawyer who substantially helped draft motion papers or prepare a trial examination speak, practice before the Court, or examine a witness.

The Court encourages and welcomes active participation by less-experienced attorneys. When more than one attorney represents a client, and where a more junior lawyer has played a substantial part in drafting motion papers or preparing a trial examination, the Court encourages (but does not require) the more senior lawyer to allow the more junior lawyer to speak and practice before the Court and/or to examine a witness.

The court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions at law and motion hearings and to play an important role at trial.

In accord with Local Rules 3.47 and 3.93, the court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions at law and motion hearings, and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire, and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

The Court encourages (but does not require) senior lawyers to let junior lawyers who substantially drafted motion papers or prepared trial examinations argue and examine witnesses.

The Court encourages and welcomes active participation by less-experienced attorneys. When more than one attorney represents a client, and where a more junior lawyer has played a substantial part in drafting motion papers or preparing a trial examination, the Court encourages (but does not require) the more senior lawyer to allow the more junior lawyer to speak and practice before the Court and/or to examine a witness.

The court encourages junior attorneys to argue hearings; when a junior attorney argues, one senior attorney for the same party may augment the argument and the court will allocate more hearing time.

The court strongly encourages the active participation of junior attorneys in hearings before the court to help develop their litigation skills. When a junior attorney argues for whatever relief is requested, the court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument, if needed, and will allocate more time to the hearing to accommodate.

The court strongly encourages firms and agencies to let less experienced attorneys argue motions at law and motion hearings and take important roles at trial.

The court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions at law and motion hearings, and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire, and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

Junior attorneys are encouraged to argue hearings; when a junior attorney argues, one senior attorney for the same party may augment the argument and the Court will allocate additional hearing time.

The Court encourages the active participation of junior attorneys in hearings before the Court to help develop their litigation skills. When a junior attorney argues, the Court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument, if needed, and will allocate more time to the hearing to accommodate.

The court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys opportunities to argue motions at law and motion hearings and to play important roles at trial.

The court strongly encourages law firms and governmental agencies to give less experienced attorneys the opportunity to argue motions at law and motion hearings, and to have an important role at trial, including examining witnesses, conducting voir dire, and giving opening statements and closing arguments.

Two attorneys per party may participate in court proceedings and divide tasks and arguments, with a more experienced attorney permitted to back up another attorney (Local Rule 3.93); no experience-year threshold is specified in the text.

The Court allows and encourages counsel to have two attorneys participate in court proceedings. Attorneys representing a party may divide tasks and arguments as they see fit, and a more experienced attorney may “back up” another attorney as appropriate. See Local Rule 3.93.

Department 410 encourages junior/associate attorneys to argue or question witnesses, and when they do, one senior attorney for the same party may augment the argument or questioning.

Department 410 strongly encourages the active participation of junior/associate attorneys in hearings or trial before the Court, to help develop their skillset. To that end, while the Court will normally only permit one attorney per side to argue, when a junior/associate attorney argues for whatever relief is requested or participates in questioning a witness, the Court will permit one senior attorney for the same party to augment the argument or questioning, to eliminate risk to the client.