The Law student’s guide to networking
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.
Not Everything Requires Going the extra mile
As lawyers we could slave over every detail and every possibility. But it that really what the tasks requires? Is that the best way to serve our clients? These are questions you can ask yourself before you go overboard. Some things do require the extra mile - but NOT everything.
Stop “Shoulding” All Over Yourself
Being a lawyer takes a certain amount of drive and ambition. Law school overtly and intentionally pits student versus student and those comparisons are very well known. This environment makes it very easy to consider all of the things you think you “should” be doing - but all of these “shoulds” make it easy for you to lose sight of yourself in the process. But how do you stop “shoulding” all over yourself?
Join Us in Clubhouse
Collaborative conversation is one of our favorite benefits of Clubhouse. It really invites innovation and open dialogue in a way that other social media platforms simply cannot.
Leveraging Your Bar Benefits
As a lawyer, your bar association offers many benefits. Some of the benefits attorney members may take advantage of include, continuing legal education, networking events, and other perks such as hotel and travel discounts, clothing, dry cleaning, and fitness.
Building Your Network
Networking is all about building relationships. A great place to start building your professional network as an attorney is through a reciprocal relationship. Law students and lawyers alike should be thinking about building networking relationships to build their practice and career.
Focusing on the ABA
This week we are starting the conversation about the recent ABA Journal article, “ Are Women Lawyers Paying Enough Attention to Upward Mobility?”
Networking With Confidence
Networking is something that professionals think about regularly because it is critical to a successful practice. Yet, it can be intimidating, overwhelming, and time consuming. Do you feel like networking does not come naturally to you? You are not alone!
A Decade in Practice
We answered questions about our expectations before law school and then after law school, our biggest challenges, and whether we would do it all again, there are also some other questions that really resonated with us.
You are more than your transcript
For the three years of laws school we were hyper-focused on whether or not our transcript would be good enough to make all of this work worthwhile. Would it tell prospective employers that we would be good employees? Was it reflective of all of the sacrifices? What did it tell us about our futures?
Your Professional reputation
When you think about your professional reputation, you first need to acknowledge that this is not about people “liking” you. Not everyone you come across will like you – no matter how you treat them. If this is your measure, you are setting yourself up for failure. Rather, we encourage you to think about your reputation as what people can expect from you when they interact with you professionally.
Mindfulness
Mindfulness can take many different shapes and certainly looks different for different people. Mindfulness in your life may manifest itself in different ways depending on what you are looking to focus on at that moment.
Amy’s LLM Journey
Getting an LLM in taxation is something that was always in the back of Amy’s mind as she worked in an estate planning firm with a tax focus. Finally, after seven years in practice, she felt ready to investigate. She was hesitate to go back to school, but wanted to learn more - what’s the harm in applying?
Imposter v. inexperienced
Imposter syndrome is something that affected both of us very significantly in law school. When you are put together in a competitive circumstance with the highest achievers from various aspects of life, feelings of inadequacy and not measuring up are commonplace.
Finding balance
Balance is an illusion, and yet, a common goal. We strive for it, and likely you do too. But is it realistic?
list lovers
We both really love using lists in many aspects of our lives because they help us get a grip so things do not spiral out of control, and if we start a downward spiral it is an easy way to bring us back.
Meet the lawyers who launch
We are law school besties who met on the very first day of law school orientation. We could never have known then how this chance encounter was going to impact our futures; all we knew was we found a friendly face and an instant connection.