Rising Lawyer: From Summer Associate to First-Year Associate (Academic and Career Success Series)

Description

Whether you are a law student preparing for on-campus interviews and your summer associate position or a first-year associate embarking on your legal career at a law firm, this book is full of practical guidance ranging from preparing for your first day to protecting your health as a lawyer to requesting detailed feedback on assignments. Based on the advice and experiences garnered from numerous practicing attorneys, Rising Lawyer offers answers to the questions you are too embarrassed to ask and the real-world advice lawyers wished they had when they were starting out their legal careers. Other topics covered include handling mistakes at work, building professional relationships, examining your values and career goals, as well as marketing yourself as a junior associate. A quick read with a healthy dose of humor and self-awareness.