Learn how to find the right balance between specialization and flexibility in your legal career

Start the new year right with a better focus on some specific and strategic steps to take ownership of your career and work life.

To effectively build your client relationships, you have to track rigorously what you’re doing to grow them and follow up, and learn how to ask directly for the work you’re seeking.

Business development as a newly elected partner isn’t easy, but there are some key things you can do to get ahead - including to carefully define your brand and reputation, focus on relationships both inside and outside the firm, and work rigorously to track your progress.

As a new partner, there are some key things you want to focus on to help you meet the opportunities and challenges of your role, as well as the expectations of your firm.

Make sure you to finish your year strong - not just when it comes to billable hours, but also when it comes to managing your relationships within the firm and setting yourself up for success in the new year.

Now that you’re a partner, it’s time to change your thinking about the practical side of managing your career and your practice. Being a partner means operating differently than you did as an associate if you want to be ready for the day-to-day challenges coming your way.

Make sure you understand what the merger of your law firm means for you as an individual lawyer - and how to navigate through a period of what can be intense change and disruption.

What should you be doing to better understand your clients, so that you can distinguish yourself from attorneys that aren’t making that effort?

What are some of the economic and business issues that Andrew Maloney of The American Lawyer found to be key for BigLaw in 2024? And what are some of the issues that he’s looking at for 2025?

BigLaw is about more than the delivery of great legal advice and services - so how can you find the resources to better manage the business and financial side of your practice?

Feeling stalled in your business development efforts as a BigLaw attorney? There are a few key steps you can take to reset and refocus your outreach.

What causes relationships between law firms and in-house legal departments to fail? Justin Ergler breaks It all down - sharing how being able to demonstrate value in the results you’ve achieved for your clients can make the difference

Learn practical strategies for addressing warning signs in your BigLaw career before it's too late.

Moving from BigLaw as an associate to an in-house leadership role can be daunting, but for Shauna Barnes - Founding Partner of Barnes Beverage Group, a full service law firm for the beverage industry - it was an opportunity that helped her to share the legal career she wanted with the clients who value her counsel.

If you're thinking about pursuing partnership at your BigLaw firm, it's important to consider the demands that partners face, and whether that path is really the right move for you.

Doug Wood - BigLaw partner and author of From Dawn to Dusk: How to Build a Multimillion Dollar Law Practice and Then Give It Away - shares his personal experience in confronting the often-ignored topic of succession planning for retiring partners in large law firms.

Lisa Smith, who heads the Washington DC office of Fairfax Associates and consults to the world's leading law firms, shares her thoughts on firm leadership transitions, partner compensation, strategies for governance and management, and financial operations and performance

What are journalists covering BigLaw focused on when they examine law firms and the unique challenges they face in the legal market? Roy Strom of Bloomberg Law shares his experience as a reporter focused on how the law firm industry continues to grow and adapt to new economic and technological developments.

You need to raise your game as a lawyer, so that your clients and colleagues see you as someone who offers not just great legal skills but more that can help establish you as a trusted and valued partner.