- I wanted to get your
advice for younger lawyers,
and even matured-age lawyers,
on planning their careers.
- I suppose some sort of top tips:
I think it's never too early or too late,
as a starting point,
to build your networks.
Early on, that network will be your peers
and it will grow, and over time,
your networks will include your clients.
And I think when doing
that, it's really, really
key to always be thinking
about how you can work
and support and help your networks.
Not about what my network can do for me,
what I can do for my network,
and always thinking about
the people in your network
that you can link up with one another.
That's really rewarding,
and it does, over time,
create this fantastic base
upon which you can launch
a more significant senior career.
I think the second thing is that
a lot of lawyers get really fixated on
firms,
titles,
seniority,
and
obviously I've moved,
in the course of my career,
into different roles, and every time,
it has been because there's been
an opportunity to learn on the other side,
and that's why I've jumped.
So,
rather than be fixated on
these sort of more high-level things,
look at yourself, look at where
you wanna be in five or ten years,
knowing that the path
will probably change.
But
think about what other
key skills
and learnings
that you need as a lawyer to be fantastic,
to be excellent, when you're ready.
You know?
And go and find the
places that will give you
the opportunities to learn those things
rather than, "Where's
the fastest progression?"
or, "What looks great on my CV?"
All those things are wonderful,
but at the end of the day, you
take you everywhere you go,
not the law firms or the titles.
So, if you can focus on the
skills and the learning,
I think that puts you
in a really good place.
And that I guess leads to the next thing,
that you're always learning,
whether you're junior
or very, very seniors.
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