The Young Lawyers Issue | August 2016
In this issue of ABA Law Practice Today:
The right attitude, hard work and creativity will help young lawyers succeed. Get into the habit of making annual business plans, and watch your business development skills improve. Tips for millennials on how to better communicate and work with baby boomer partners. Getting an early start on marketing will pay significant dividends wherever your career takes you. Yes, you can have success and life outside of Big Law. Weak demand and rising costs led to a troubling quarter for large firms. What can they do to recover? A joint initiative of the Young Lawyers Division and Law Practice Division aims to help today’s young lawyers become tomorrow’s leaders. The answer to just one question is the key to the right frame of mind for small firm marketing. Getting the data right from the start of a matter is crucial to law firm operations. Here are tips on how to do it. Law firms are realizing significant savings in time and administrative costs by adopting e-signatures into their document processes. Jeffrey Carr has been promoting fundamental change in the delivery of legal services for his entire career. Sylvia Coulter interviews Mary Sue Henifin of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. Don’t fall into the myth of thinking that working harder and cutting costs will boost profitability. A better path exists. Tom Bolt highlights what a successful year for the Division it's been in his final message from the chair.The Secrets to Success Are Not Secret
Using Annual Business Plans to Improve Your Business Development Skills
Communicating and Working With the “Older” Generation
Great Expectations? Getting a Young Lawyer’s Marketing Efforts off the Ground
Young Lawyers Transitioning Out of Big Law
Sponsored A Lackluster Quarter for Law Firms
Growing Lawyers, Growing Leaders
The Psychology of Small Law Firm Marketing
How a Lack of Data Integrity Can Undermine New Business Intake—And How to Combat It
What’s Behind the Rapid Adoption of E-Signatures
Leading the Drive for NextLaw
Making it Rain—Practical Tips From Those Who Do: Mary Sue Henifin
Legal Innovation: The Biggest Myth or a Path Forward?
From the Chair