New Professional Development Toolkit: A Must-Have Guide for Junior Lawyers

Successful career development as a lawyer requires much more than mere knowledge of the law. Junior lawyers focus significant time on honing their writing, research, lawyering, and other “hard” skills, though any partner or senior lawyer will tell you that soft skills can be equally important. Building and maintaining partner and client relationships, understanding the business of law firms and legal practice, and improving other soft skills are critical to any lawyer’s professional development. Share this new professional development resource kit, containing over 40 soft skills resources, with the junior lawyers on your team today!

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