The Law student’s guide to networking
Hi All,
Today is an exciting day for us - we are officially launching “The Law Student’s Guide to Networking Course.” This course has been a long time in the making and we are so thrilled to finally be able to bring you the course we WISH we had when we were in law school.
We remember, vividly, being in law school and being told that to find our first legal jobs we needed to network. We knew we needed to network, but we didn’t know how to network. That’s where the seed for a practical course to teach law students how to network was planted.
As a young attorney, Amy spoke to students about how to network and how to build a strong professional network. In fact, those seminars were the earliest version of this course. We have built on Amy’s seminars with a decade of law practice to create this course. When we were in law school we attended networking events, we talked to classmates and professors. But we had no networking plans beyond meeting and talking. As a law student, you are still searching for your professional identity. This is part of what makes networking feel so uncomfortable and overwhelming. You need to take the time to make a strategic plan.Wouldn’t you rather start now spending your precious time building networking relationships that will serve you for years and years rather than spending that precious time trying to figure out what to do? This is why we built this course - your time is better spent building your network.
The defining point of networking - our networking philosophy - must be to make a connection, establish a relationship, and develop that relationship into one that is mutually beneficial. Understanding that networking requires building relationships is so critical for you right now because we all know that building relationships takes time. Here is one thing that no one talks about - you need strong networking relationships you need AFTER law school to help you build and grow a successful practice - no matter your practice area.
Like any relationship it takes authenticity, commonality, and consistency. When you network you want to make a positive first impression. But you want to make sure you are making a positive first impression of who you really are and what you really want. This requires some serious reflection into your career goals and the motivation behind them. You must be able to clearly and confidently convey who you are and what you are looking for when you network. Striking up a conversation with someone you want to network with can be intimidating. You may be nervous that you will feel awkward or they will not be interested in speaking with you. Conversations will most naturally flow when you are able to speak with someone about a commonality. Whether that commonality be a field of law, volunteer work, alma mater, or hobby, a common interest can set the groundwork for developing a professional relationship.
It takes time to develop a professional networking relationship. Be consistent by continuing to engage with your networking contacts. Follow up via phone or email. Schedule a meeting. Respond in a timely manner when they reach out to you. Consider opportunities to nurture your relationship with your networking contacts. Perhaps you have a referral for a specific contact.Or maybe you read an article in a professional journal that you thought they may find valuable - share that with your networking contact. These are all opportunities to consistently grow your professional networking relationship.
When you have developed and nurtured networking relationships based on authenticity, commonality, and consistency you can reach out to this network to tell them exactly what you are looking for and ask for help.
These are the guiding principles behind the Law Student’s Guide to Networking. The course will give you practical tools and a strategic plan to turn these principles into action. In the course, we teach you how to think about your networking goals and then practically how to present that to a potential contact, and how to nurture that relationship into a mutually beneficial networking relationship.
The course is comprised of brief video modules, module guides, and exclusive networking tools. We are also including the full ebook “The Law Student’s Guide to Networking.” This course takes you through each step to get you prepared to network, actually network using this preparation, and then we give you the skills and the tools to nurture these new networking relationships. The course is now open and available. As soon as you purchase, you have immediate access to the entire course - all of the video modules, the guides, the ebook, and some additional bonuses. You can start right now developing your networking plan and building your professional network.
We would love to hear from you!
Have a great day!
Haley & Amy
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