Essential Soft Skills for Lawyers: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Name: Essential Soft Skills for Lawyers: What They Are and How to Develop Them
Brand: Globe Law and Business
SKU: 9781787423381
Price: 1197.95 HKD
Availability: InStock
Author: Kim Tasso
ISBN: 9781787423381

By Kim Tasso

Globe Law and Business June 2020

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781787423381
Publisher: Globe Law and Business
Publication: June 2020
Format: Paperback , 90 pages
Jurisdiction: International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

This Special Report offers a research-based view into the importance of soft skills for modern lawyers and how law firms develop essential soft skills – whether to comply with SRA rules, to lead productive teams, to provide the best service to clients or to grow their practice.

Through interviews with lawyers, leaders and human resource professionals at large and small firms, the report provides an overview of the essential soft skills required by modern lawyers, competency frameworks and insights into how best to develop them and guidance on some of the essential soft skills required.

Interpersonal, emotional intelligence, communication, learning, adaptability, problem-solving, negotiation, team management, leadership and business development are amongst the soft skills explored for high-performing lawyers.

This report is the guide to developing the skills needed to get ahead and stay ahead in your legal career.

1. Introduction

2. The importance of soft skills for lawyers

3. Emotional intelligence for lawyers

4. Law firm approaches to developing soft skills: Overview of how to promote learning and different learning styles - Methods of learning/training:

Interviews with HR and L&D people

Illustrations of different law firm “academies” and competency frameworks

5. The range of soft skills required by lawyers

6. Five core soft skills for lawyers

7. Other professions and soft skills

8. Other contents

9. Glossary