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Deal sheet

One page for each matter: the parties, their advisers, the dates and where the latest draft lives. With it, a trainee can answer when the partner asks where the file is. “Keep it true” is the whole instruction, and Jonah’s became the team’s template. File 6.1 · Chapter 7 · see Mentor, Completion checklist

Explained in Chapter 7, Mentor Down, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.

How it comes up, in Chapter 7
The second line sounds like a demotion, but it is the job. A deal sheet is one page for each matter: the parties, their advisers, the dates and where the latest draft lives. With it, a trainee can answer when the partner asks where the file is. “Keep it true” is the whole instruction.
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