Future Performance: Your Guide to a Successful Career in Law

Readers of Future Performance Your Guide to a Successful Career in Law will learn how to each as attorneys and get the most out of each stage of their careers. Written by an experienced partner at a major international law firm, this guide instructs how to stand out and thrive in today's competitive legal market, and offers real-life examples of what is expected of young attorneys in order to advance to partnership and become exceptional practitioners.

This practice guide shares invaluable insights about each phase of a lawyer's career, including life at law firms, government jobs, and in-house positions. While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to success, this handbook helps readers evaluate career goals, establish meaningful relationships with mentors, and maximize opportunities. This book teaches how to:

make the most out of law school

successful build a solid cover letter/résumé and shine at interviews.

obtain top work assignments

develop essential self-promotion skills

navigate organizational politics and align with leaders

become indispensable attorneys

increase networking and business development efforts

enhance job satisfaction