New Associate Fundamentals: Working Smart From the Start

Course Modules and Webinar Include: 

• Strategies for Managing Assignments (15 min) To build your reputation within the firm as a "go-to" associate, you must be able to manage your workload and assignments and deliver an excellent work product on time every time. In this module we'll explore a scenario in which Alex and Blake have been tasked with similar assignments. We'll see what we can learn from their experiences and explore nine principles that you can apply to your future assignments.
• Making the Most of Working With Multiple Supervisors (12 min) Like many associates Joe has several different people supervising his work. On the one hand he is excited; working with so many people will provide him with a variety of learning opportunities and can help open new doors. On the other hand he is finding that each has a different way of working and different expectations of him, and he doesn't want to let any of them down. How can Joe manage so many preferences, styles, and deadlines and still stand out to each of his supervisors? In this module we’ll take a look at four ways to make the most of working with multiple supervisors.
• Inviting and Embracing Feedback (18 min) To grow and progress—personally and professionally—we need feedback. Not just the once-a-year annual performance evaluation type of feedback—but frequent, timely, and meaningful feedback that can help us to regularly assess what we are doing well and what we could be doing better. Yet the majority of us don't receive as much feedback as we would like and the feedback we do get isn't particularly constructive. In this module we'll explore specific actionable steps you can take to prepare for, solicit, receive, embrace, and act on meaningful feedback.
• Working Effectively With Administrative Personnel (11 min) The way you interact with our professional staff is as important to your success as the way you interact with other lawyers. Why? (1) Strong relationships with others—at all levels—will take you further than any one of us can go alone; (2) the way that you interact with our administrative staff directly affects the ease and speed with which you can get things done; and (3) the way you interact with others is a direct reflection on you. In this module we'll explore four primary rules—and several tips—to keep in mind to work most effectively with professional staff across the firm.
• Webinar: Strive to Thrive: Not Only Succeeding but Flourishing as a Junior Lawyer This webinar addresses the well-being of junior lawyers, covering mental health issues, burnout indicators, best practices, and strategies for flourishing in their careers.