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Presentation given October 18 to the Dallas Law Firm Recruiters on how they can help associates and summer associates start right for career success.

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Recruiters: Helping Lawyers Start Right

for Career Success

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

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Law School Teaches

Think like a lawyer

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Law School Does NOT Teach

How to Practice Law

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Think like a client

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Law Firm Business

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Get and Keep Clients

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Work With Senior Lawyers and Staff

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Prepare Real Legal Documents

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Present Their Position

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Deal Professionally With Adversaries

Law School Does NOT Teach

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How to Ask Questions

Law School Does NOT Teach

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How to Actively Listen

Law School Does NOT Teach

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How to Build Relationships

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Clients’ Business and Industry

Law School Does NOT Teach

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Law School Does NOT Teach

What it Takes to Succeed

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Law 2012 and Beyond

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What Law Firms Look For

Law 2012 and Beyond

Event / Achievement

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Graduating from Law School

Passing the Bar

First Year Associate

Successful Associate

Successful Lawyer

Successful Lawyers

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What’s Their Secret?

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Successful Lawyers

Take responsibility for career

Know what they want

Use their time wisely

Work each day to become a better lawyer

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Successful Lawyers

Understand their client’s needs

Develop relationships

Build a team

Spend quality time with their family

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Seen as

“Go To”

Lawyer

Successful Lawyers

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They Are the Architects

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1) Physical/Economic 2) Mental 3) Emotional 4) Spiritual

Four Areas of Their Life

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2006 PLAN

What – Major Definite Purpose

Why Important

How – Steps to Achieve

Core Values

Roles

Goals

Weekly PLAN

2013 Plan

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“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people:those who let it happen;those who make it happen;and those who wonder, what happened?

-John M. Richardson, Jr.

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Why They Need A Plan?

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Making Time - Big Rocks

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Making Time -Accountability and

Follow Through

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They should spend 2,500 hours each year

on their career

Execute

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SleepNon-BillableFreeBillable

How you spend non-billable time will determine the quality of your career

How you spend your free time determines the quality of your life

Execute

How They Spend Their Time Weekly

How they spend non-billable time will determine the quality of their career

How they spend their free time determines the

quality of their life

Teach the Prioritization Matrix

High Return / Low Investment

Do first and do often

High Return / High Investment

Break down into smaller pieces

Low Return / Low Investment

Do when you have time

Low Return / High Investment

Say NO graciously!

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Goals-Why They Must Be Written

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Development Goals

Brainstorm

Ask Why

List Steps to Achieve

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Full Attention in Segments

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David Allen’s Approach

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Brook Weeks Webinar

Five Step System

Process

OrganizeReview

DO

Collect

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Focus First on Developing Legal Skills

What They Need to Do

Do The Best Work Possible40

What They Need to Do

Create a Written Plan With Written Goals

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What They Need to Do

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LAWYER DEVELOPMENT PLANFY 2013 Attorney Development Plan

What They Need to Do

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2013

2013 Performance Plan @ Actual Rates (based upon hrs)

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What They Need to Do

Develop Action Steps

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What They Need to Do

Written Plan Each Week

Treat Supervising Attorney Like Client45

What They Need to Do

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What They Need to Do

47Understand and Use Tools in TheirToolkit

What They Need to Do

What They Need to Do

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Develop Skills Capital

Develop Social Capital

49Dress for Success

What They Need to Do

Team Up With a Colleague50

What They Need to Do

Keith McMurdy

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Accountability

52Practice, Practice, Practice

What They Need to Do

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Deliberate Practice

NetworkingElevator Speech/QuestionsIdentifying Issues Impacting ClientsWriting Articles Designed to Get HiredPublic SpeakingQuestions for Clients and Potential ClientsActive Listening

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Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom. - Sandra Day O’Conner

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Career Success and satisfaction does not come from focusing on success, happiness or money. Instead it comes from focusing on your passion, developing your talent and identifying the needs of those you want to serve.

- Cordell M. Parvin

57Cordell M. Parvin

http://www.cordellparvin.com

Recruiters: Helping Lawyers Start Right

for Career Success

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