Life skills and career tips for Canada's lawyers in training
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30 F A L L 2 0 1 5 C A N A D I A N L a w y e r 4 S T U D E N T S A blueprint for maximizing your career potential Graduate from law school and hit the ground running. Raindance II: A Blueprint for Growing Your Practice puts the ability to maximize your career potential directly in your hands. This book teaches you the author's same four-step process that he has used to coach practitioners of all specializations and personalities in successfully building their practices. You will fi nd: • Key guidance on effective and successful business development • Expert direction through the complete business development cycle – starting with target-market research to create your own business plan, to implementing an action plan that will be your road map – as well as all the steps and considerations in between • Tips on related skills that will raise your profi le, such as networking effectively, developing or enhancing presentation skills, and getting published • Advice on how to develop relationships that turn into business – including getting more business from your current clients • Hands-on, interactive exercises and checklists that help you assess and plan accordingly to achieve your business development goals Available in Large Firm and Small Firm Editions, Raindance II: A Blueprint for Growing Your Practice will help you create your own business plan in order to maximize your career potential. Large Firm Edition Order # 986395-65203 $73 Softcover approx. 160 pages September 2014 978-0-7798-6395-2 Small Firm Edition Order #989394-65203 $73 Softcover approx. 160 pages September 2014 978-0-7798-6394-5 Shipping and handling are extra. Price(s) subject to change without notice and subject to applicable taxes. 00223IF-A45795 New Edition Raindance II: A Blueprint for Growing Your Practice Gary Mitchell Available risk-free for 30 days Order online: www.carswell.com/raindance Call Toll-Free: 1-800-387-5164 In Toronto: 416-609-3800 PROS: + • e variety of work. Electronic evidence is now a factor in almost all litigation, investigations, and large commercial transactions. I get calls about everything from collecting social media material to managing the disclosure of millions of documents. Every case is about putting the right evidence forward, and I love designing tailored solutions to real-world problems. • Being a lawyers' lawyer. I provide experience and expertise that helps other lawyers to focus on the tactical and procedural elements of the case. I get to work with great lawyers, and to provide a legal service that makes a real diff erence. • Evidence. I was a litigator for 19 years, and I love working with evidence. As for practising in e-discovery, the combination of my litigation experience and technology skills really help with problem solving and honing in on what is important. CONS: – • E-discovery is o en reactive work. We get called once the problem is getting out of hand, and that can make it expensive. I do a lot of outreach to help organizations and law fi rms identify and avoid e-discovery crises. • It can be hard to keep up with the crazy pace of technological change. My fi rm is in a constant state of learning — we stay connected to developments in law, technology, and information governance channels. Fitting in all the learning can make for a very full day. • Lawyers understand what "e-discovery" lawyer means, but when I tell a fellow soccer dad, I usually get an "Oh" or a blank stare. Saying I practise in digital evidence, information governance, and cyber security advice gets a better response. DUNCAN FRASER, Wortzmans LLP, Ottawa Practising e-discovery law