Lawyers' Professional Development: The Legal Employer's Comprehensive Guide

Lawyers' Professional Development is an in-depth guide to designing, implementing, and improving professional development programs for lawyers. Directed to anyone responsible for any aspect of lawyers' professional development within a law firm or other law practice setting, the book focuses particularly on four essential components of professional development: work assignments, mentoring, evaluations, and training.

Additional chapters address program design; budgeting; coordinating professional development efforts with recruiting, summer programs, and orientation; knowledge management; professional development in corporate and government settings; and such special issues related to lawyers' professional development as women and minority lawyers, associate participation on committees, career guidance, succession planning, and the role of the ombudsperson.