Five summer associate assignments to avoid, based on the first fifteen words or less:

1. "See this big stack of papers here? I need you to..."
2. "So, a lot of other people have looked at this, but..."
3. "What do you know about the latest revision to..."
4. "This may seem a bit tedious, and I apologize for assigning it..."
5. "Has anyone ever shoved a sharp metal rod..."