Raising the Bar: The Mentor Guidebook for New Lawyers

Author: Jack W. Burtch Jr.
Publisher: Informa Law
ISBN: 9781032876290
Published In: December 2024
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: International ? Disclaimer:
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The effective mentoring of new associates used to be a natural part of the process for law firms, but nowadays economic pressures are inhibiting the practice; personal mentoring is being eliminated by the fiscal restraints of higher starting salaries and client insistence on fewer lawyers, and hands-on experience is hard to come by. Raising the Bar: The Mentor Guidebook for New Lawyers directly addresses this problem by creating one compact guide to relay the information necessary for success as a lawyer.

This practical guidebook offers information, examples and anecdotal stories similar to the mentoring experience young lawyers used to enjoy in person. With its useful “takeaway tips” at the end of every chapter, Raising the Bar will help law students and new lawyers face the hidden challenges of practicing law. Beginning with career planning and the transition out of law school, the book’s 13 chapters cover topics ranging from mastering basic skills and dealing with clients to establishing trust and staying sane. It tackles delicate issues like fixing mistakes and surviving office politics. Finally, it closes with a discussion of other paths for those who decide to apply their legal education outside law practice.

Written for new lawyers, law students, law firms and law schools, Raising the Bar offers, in a single book, what hours of close contact with experienced colleagues would provide a new lawyer when making the difficult transition from school to office.

Introduction
I. Building Your Career
II. Transitioning into Practice
III. Advancing Your Career
IV. Mastering Basic Skills
V. Conducting Legal Research
VI. Practicing in a Firm
VII. Handling a Case
VIII. Representing Clients
IX. Establishing Trust
X. Fixing Mistakes
XI. Surviving Office Politics
XII. Staying Sane and Solvent
XIII. Exploring Other Paths
Conclusion