Legal support professionals are an essential part of the team in any law firm or legal department. When you start a new legal support job, you want to fit in, learn the ropes and get oriented quickly so you can continue to build a thriving career. Here are six habits to adopt when starting your… Read More »
When it comes to building a successful career in the legal field, it’s often who you know can make a real difference. While you should always be focused on building your skills, you should also focus on building relationships. No one ever achieves their career goals alone, so if you have ambitions beyond where you… Read More »
An interview can be a question and answer session, or it can be much more. Interviewers and recruiters schedule interviews because they want to understand your soft skills, like communication and time management, and they want to see how you implement those skills in ways that might benefit their organization. To make your presentation memorable,… Read More »
If you’re building a career as a legal support professional, finding the right firm takes more than simply matching your skills to available job openings. By seeking a more well-rounded fit, you gain not only the opportunities you need to build your skills, but an environment that supports your efforts and helps to solidify your… Read More »
Exit Interview? Here’s How to Prepare Many organizations conduct exit interviews when an employee leaves the firm. While you cannot typically be required to participate in an exit interview, doing so is a strong gesture of goodwill. It also offers you a final opportunity to raise concerns and point the organization in the right direction.… Read More »
Legal support professionals face no shortage of advice on how to grow their careers. With so much information available, it’s easy to feel pulled in multiple directions – and even easier to lose sight of your passion. Yet passion is essential to career success. When you work in a role or an organization that specializes… Read More »
Receiving a job offer is a thrilling moment, as well as a vindication of your hard work on the job hunt. But simply receiving an offer doesn’t guarantee that this position or firm is the right fit for you. To evaluate and compare job offers effectively, it’s wise to devise a “litmus test” for job… Read More »
Working as a litigation assistant can be challenging, interesting and highly rewarding. To land a job in this competitive field, you’ll need to focus your job search on finding a position that suits your skills with an organization that supports your goals and approach to work. Here’s what we recommend. Learn about different types of… Read More »
Your career development plan provides a clear, orderly “road map” for reviewing where you currently are in your career, what you want to achieve, and how you plan to get there. Here are five ways to get the most from your career development plan as you create it: Start with the basics. What drives you?… Read More »
Here it is: your interview with a great law firm or legal department for a position as a legal support professional. Your job is to stand out from the crowd by demonstrating just how much you have to offer. When you’re out to make a great impression, it helps to start on the right foot. … Read More »