Successful Solicitor: Get Ahead of the Game as a Junior Corporate Lawyer

GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AS A JUNIOR CORPORATE LAWYER You're just starting out as a junior lawyer in the big city. You've passed the exams, walked the interviews and now you're finally here, ready to serve your clients and bill your hours. Great But so is every other trainee and newly qualified solici [...]
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GET AHEAD OF THE GAME AS A JUNIOR CORPORATE LAWYER You're just starting out as a junior lawyer in the big city. You've passed the exams, walked the interviews and now you're finally here, ready to serve your clients and bill your hours. Great But so is every other trainee and newly qualified solicitor at your firm... How can you stand out when everyone else is as intelligent and qualified as you are? What do you do when you feel like you're getting things wrong, but have no idea how to get them 'right'? In 'Successful Solicitor', Katherine Cousins uses her experience of first surviving and then succeeding as a junior lawyer to offer honest, insightful and practical advice to trainees and newly qualified associates working across all practice areas in corporate law firms. Katherine answers the most important questions about life in a law firm with levity and constructive tough love. Like your protective, work 'older sibling', she'll teach you: -how to avoid the biggest 'silly' mistakes that new lawyers make; -how to conquer your next interview; -how to network like a human being; and -much more to get you from nervous newbie to solicitor superstar Knowledge of the law and technical expertise is to be expected of every solicitor. The true secret to being a 'Successful Solicitor' lies with all the little day to day choices and actions that surround the provision of legal advice to clients. Whether you want to know what to wear to look the part, how to handle your wine at client dinners, or ways to use intelligent questions to make yourself an indispensable part of the team, the invaluable guidance in 'Successful Solicitor' will enable you to take control of your fledgling personal brand and impress your new colleagues.