There is a certain kind of summer associate project very popular with assigning partners. Partner can't think of any cases that stand for a given principle, but (s)he would really like there to be one. So (s)he sends you to look for it. It is of course, not there. Sometimes, if you are lucky, there are lots and lots of cases that say the exact opposite. But usually there's just nothing out there. You just keep searching, aimlessly, not knowing when to cut short your search, unproductive but scared that you're missing something crucial. This is the worst kind of assignment.
And then sometimes you find something. Sometimes you suddenly see that even though Partner's theory is completely crazy you know how to make it work. That is the best kind of assignment.
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