Rookie Associate Mistakes to Avoid
Congratulations! You’ve landed your dream job as a first-year associate at a law firm. So it’s starting to look like all those years of study and hard work are about to pay off.
But you don’t want to get so excited by your good fortune that you screw it all up by making the kind of typical mistakes that other rookie associates have made.
Kendra Brodin, a personal and professional development coach has compiled a list at Lawyerist of the 10 most significant mistakes she’s seen new associates—and some seasoned practitioners—make.
Here are Brodin’s top five, in highly abbreviated form:
1) Having a bad attitude.
2) Not finishing what you start.
3) Handing off projects to others.
4) Getting wrapped up in the billable hour.
5) Getting involved in an office romance.
Visit Lawyerist to read the final five no-nos.
