The Law Firm Associate's Guide to Connecting with Your Colleagues


Book Description

This second volume in the law firms associate's series will help lawyers learn how to effectively work together with their colleagues to achieve high levels of productivity and success in the law office. While work relationships can be challenging, this guide shows lawyers how to communicate and maintain positive work relationships.




The Law Firm Associate's Guide to Personal Marketing and Selling Skills


Book Description

This first volume in the Law Firm Associates Development Series focuses on personal marketing and sales skills, and will cover these topics: building a practice; how to create a personal marketing plan; how to find people within a target market; how to prepare for a prospective client meeting; strategies when meeting with clients; how to ask for business; how to use the end of a matter as a marketing opportunity; how to retain clients; and how to effectively network inside and outside the firm. Both authors currently work as Directors of Business Development in law firms where their responsibilities include extensive in-house coaching and training of attorneys at all levels. In this guidebook, they share their best advice and instruction compiled from their own experience as well as from that of many industry thought leaders.




The Lawyer's Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies


Book Description

This first-of-its-kind legal guide showcases how to use the latest Web-based and software technologies, such as Web 2.0, Google tools, Microsoft Office, and Acrobat, to work collaboratively and more efficiently on projects with colleagues, clients, co-counsel and even opposing counsel. The book provides a wealth of information useful to lawyers who are just beginning to try collaboration tools, as well as tips and techniques for those lawyers with intermediate and advanced collaboration experience.




Vault Guide to the Top Washington DC Law Firms


Book Description

There is no more exciting place to be as an attorney than the nation's capital. The Guide is focused entirely on major law firms with large offices in Washington, DC and covers more than 40 firms. Based on surveys and interviews of attorneys at each firm. Thousands of lawyers provide in-depth coverage of prestige, compensation, perks, corporate culture, and other legal lifestyle issues.




Vault Guide to the Top Southeastern Law Firms


Book Description

Covering 65 firms in the major legal markets of Atlanta, Miami and Charlotte, this Vault guide is the only insider's Guide to law firms for the Southeast. Based on interviews and surveys of attorneys at each firm.




Vault Guide to the Top Northern California Law Firms, 2007 Edition


Book Description

For the first time, Vault offers a guide focused entirely on major law firms with large offices in Northern California. Covering 44 top firms in the major legal markets of San Francisco, Palo Alto and Sacramento, this Vault Guide is the only insider's guide to law firms in the tech Mecca of the U.S. Based on interviews and surveys of attorneys at each firm, it provides in-depth coverage of prestige, compensation, perks, corporate culture, and other legal lifestyle issues.




Vault Guide to the Top Southern California Law Firms, 2007 Edition


Book Description

For the first time, Vault offers a guide focused entirely on major law firms with large offices in Southern California. Covering more than 55 firms in the major legal markets of Los Angeles, San Diego and Orange County, this Vault Guide is the only insider's guide to law firms in sunny Southern California. Based on interviews and surveys of attorneys at each firm, it provides in-depth coverage of prestige, compensation, perks, corporate culture, and other legal lifestyle issues.




Vault Guide to Corporate Law Careers


Book Description

This Vault career guide provides law students and legal professionals with an inside look at careers in corporate law.




Vault Guide to the Top New York Law Firms


Book Description

New York is the center of the legal universe for what is known as BIG law. Vault, the authority on legal employment and publisher of the definitive Guide to the Top 100 Firms, brings lawyers and law students inside information on firm culture and compensation at more than 50 firms with major offices in the Big Apple. Based on interviews and surveys of actual attorneys at each firm. Based on surveys of thousands of lawyers, it provides in-depth coverage of prestige, compensation, perks, corporate culture, and other legal lifestyle issues.




The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law


Book Description

This collection of essays written by The Curmudgeon, offers practical, honest and you need to know this advice for surviving and thriving in a law firm. The book covers the basics of law practice and law firm etiquette, from doing effective research and writing to dressing for success, dealing with staff and clients and building a law practice. Concise, humorous and full of valuable (albeit curmudgeonly) insight, this is a must-read for every newly minted law school graduate or new lawyer.