(noun) - a legal service in which the nature of the work being performed, such as patent
prosecution or
document review, discourages contact with other
human beings and alienates the worker from the broader legal context of the transaction for which the work is being performed.
Sally, who could have avoided her current fate by shagging one of her firm's partners while she was still young and hot, thought that going to biglaw would mean
glamorous jury arguments, but her resume is now
worthless, because she's been doing nothing but cavelaw for three years as she typed up summaries of
documents for month after month.