Product Description

Most lawyers think they will make partner eventually, but in reality, many never reach this for career goal. Don’t be passed over when the time comes. Get it right and get focused with this important new book from the ABA Law Practice Management Section.

Many factors come into play in achieving the goal of making partner: the quality of your work; how you relate to your superiors, fellow associates, and staff; how you entertain your clients; your choice of outside activities; even publications you read. It may take six to nine years, or more, to make partner from associate. Do you know what you should and should not be doing? Do you really know what your chances are at your firm? This concise, straightforward book looks at all these factors and provides detailed advice on how to create your own strategic plan for success.

John R. Sapp, the Managing Partner of a large Midwest law firm, has written this book with input from three newly minted partners who added their broader perspective on marketing, technology, and life/work balance issues, and more. Whatever your partnership goal, Making Partner: A Guide for Law Firm Associates, Second edition will show you how to manage your opportunities and tip the scales to your advantage.

If you are serious about making partner, this book will help you formulate your step-by-step plan and be your guide for years to come for your decisions and actions within your firm. In short, the book gives you what you need to be selected as the obvious candidate for partner when the time comes —and how to anticipate the opportunity before it arrives.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1572256 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

Review
I am a named partner in a small firm, so I’m always interested in finding and mentoring good associates. -- Milton W. Zwicker in Law Practice Management Magazine on December 2002

About the Author
John Sapp is the Managing Partner of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, a firm of approximately 350 lawyers with principal offices in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, and Chicago, Illinois. John is a graduate of Duke University’s School of Law and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America, Who’s Who in American Law, and Who’s Who in America for many years. John has been a speaker or panel member in a number of national and regional programs focusing on law firm management.

Customer Reviews

Nothing you don't already know
I was deeply disappointed with this book. To save you the $40 I foolishly spent on this book, I will summarize its advice below:

Work hard. Try to make as few mistakes as possible. Make sure you get quality assignments. Try to build good personal and professional relationships inside the firm. Try to do good work in your community so you can raise your profile. Be very careful and aware of the politics in your firm. Your reputation is important and must be cultivated.

No, really? Golly!

Don't waste your time with this one. You'll feel vaguely insulted, and peeved that you fell for the concise and useful-sounding title.

Great Book
This book is a must-read for all law students and young lawyers, most of whom do not have a clue about what it takes to succeed in a law firm. The step-by-step, how to do it approach is very helpful.