Reboot Your Law Practice

Elizabeth discusses the changing legal market place for recent law school grads and those out 10-15 years. Her position offers one-on-one counseling to assist alumni in reaching their career goals. Targeting the job search is important but networking remains the most powerful tool to make that connection that can build your practice. Elizabeth describes that while this a tough legal marketplace it is improving over the past year or so. Her office provides help with the basic tools – drafting a professional resume, building social media, looking at your connections. Many older attorneys who are practicing 10-15 years or more have trouble adapting the job search or their practice to the current marketplace. Elizabeth points out that using technology is not an option: you need to get involved with LinkedIn; have a good website; use social media. While all this technology is important, she reminds us that the basics are still important:• clean resume; • professional business card; • focused cover letters; • excel