Jr. Associates Cd Nutshell

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This is a program aimed at junior associates in law firms to get them started on client development

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Cordell M. Parvinhttp://www.cordellparvin.com

What You Need to Learn and Practice for Long Term

Success

Client Development in a Nutshell

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What’s Happening

What You Need to Know

What You Need to Do

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What’s Happening

4You Have Less Time

What’s Happening

Clients

Economy

Technology

What’s Happening

Technology Has Changed

What’s Happening

Blogs, Podcasts, Social Media

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What You Need to Know

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You Either Have What It Takes or You Don’t

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Just Do Good Work

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Too Young and Inexperienced to . . .

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You Have To Be A Good Networker

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You Have To “Ask” Tor The Business

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Associates in Big Firms Do Not Need to Learn Client Development

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What You Need to Know

Challenges

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Take the Time You Need. . . gifted performers need a minimum of ten years (or 10,000 hours) of intense training before they win international competition.

What You Need to Know

Focus on Long-Term

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How You Spend Your Time Weekly

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Sleep

Non-Case

Free

Case

How you spend non-case time will determine the quality of your career and relationship

with your clients

How you spend your free time determines the quality of your

life

What You Need to Know

What You Need to Know

Sources of Potential Clients

What You Need to Know

How to Prepare a Plan

What You Need to Know

How Clients SelectHire Lawyers Over Law Firms

What You Need to Know

How Clients SelectScreen Based on Reputation

What You Need to Know

How Clients Select

What You Need to Know

Clients Hire Lawyers They Trustand With Whom They Connect

What You Need to Know

Clients Care About Achieving Their Goals

What You Need to Know

How to Become Visible and Credible

You have to Stand Out in a Crowd

What You Need to Know

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What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

First Focus on Developing Legal Skills

What You Need to Do

Do the Best Work Possible

What You Need to Do

Treat Supervising Attorney Like Client

What You Need to Do

Use Tools in Your Kit

What You Need to Do

Use Tools in Your Kit

What You Need to Do

Focus on Client Service

What You Need to Do

Develop Skills Capital

Develop Social Capital

What You Need to Do

Regularly Update Your Website Bio

What You Need to Do

Dress for Success

What You Need to Do

Create a Plan With Goals

Goals

Hours

Goals

Hours

How I Prepare My Business Plan

2010 Development Plan

500 Hours to Invest

100 Administrative

200 Business Development

200 Your Development

What You Need to Do

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Hours

_____ Legal Skills

_____ Learning About Client

_____ People Skills

What You Need to Do

Your Own Development

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What You Need to Do

Hours

_____ Profile Building

_____ Relationship Building

Client Development

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Development Goals

Learn how to ___ Read _____Pro Bono work on _____Speak at _____Write ___ articles and get them publishedContact ____ law school classmatesMeet with ___ contactsAdd ____ to my web page bio

What You Need to Do

____________________

____________________

____________________

What Are Your Goals?

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What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

Obstacles

What You Need to Do

Who Can Help?

Develop Your Action

Steps

Your 2010 Development Plan

What You Need to Do

____________________

____________________

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Actions to Achieve Goal?

What You Need to Do

Break Down 90 Day Actions

What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

Active in Bar and Community Activities

What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

What You Need to Do

List and Focus on Your Contacts

What You Need to Do

Team Up With a Colleague

What You Need to Do

Practice, Practice, Practice

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