Legal Research? Get Me Sushi, With Footnotes By Jonathan D. Glater…

ElderStarHippopotamus35 Legal Research? Get Me Sushi, With Footnotes By Jonathan D. Glater…Legal Research? Get Me Sushi, With FootnotesBy Jonathan D. GlaterOct. 22, 2003The memo has footnotes. It has exhibits. It is crisp and professional and is written on stationery of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, one of New York’s elite law firms. Indeed, it is the hottest law firm memo around town, but it is not about Enron, Tyco or any corporate scandal. It was not even written by a lawyer.It is the sushi memo, and here is its story.A Paul Weiss partner, Kelley D. Parker, apparently received a subpar order of takeout sushi. So, according to the memo, she asked a paralegal to research local sushi restaurants. The paralegal took to the task aggressively, interviewing lawyers and staff members at the firm, reading online and ZagatSurvey reviews, and producing a three-page opus with eight footnotes and two exhibits (two sets of menus). The memo concludes by expressing the hope that Ms. Parker will now be able to choose ”the restaurant from which your dinner will be ordered on a going- forward basis.”The memo was written more than three months ago, and its studiously formal language suggests it could be a parody. Regardless, it is making the rounds of New York law firms and Web sites like Gawker.com, circulated by associates and paralegals eager to expose what they see as the capricious and demanding behavior of partners. Some believe it illustrates the climate of a large law firm for many paralegals, who may feel compelled to give every assignment the single-minded vigor of a filing in a capital case, even if they are only helping to find some particularly fresh raw tuna.”This is what people fear,” said an associate at another law firm, speaking generally and anonymously out of fear of partner retribution. ”It’s some sense of arbitrary, dictatorial relationship that we all fear goes on between bosses and their underlings. People really do make people do these things.”Assignment:2. Explain why many people may think this memo is a joke.3. Did the writer choose the best delivery channel for this message? 4. When would you use a memo to deliver the sushi option message?Image transcription text2:29 PM Mon Aug 28 c” all 56% 47% Céjr lil ehacc.hacc.edu 1 of 2 s the sushi memo, and here is its story.A Paul Weiss partner, Kelley D. Parker, apparently received a subpar order of takeout sushi. So, according tothe memo, she asked a paralegal to research local sushi restaurants. The paralegal took to the task a… Show more… Show more BusinessBusiness – Other