Full Description
What do you say when a potential employer asks, "Tell me about a project that you have managed and what you learned from that experience; tell me specifically about how you handled a difficult team member in implementing the project?" If you are like most law students, the slightest mention of "project management" or "difficult team member" makes you cringe, evoking painful memories of free-riding classmates. Once your discomfort passes, you either struggle to come up with a meaningful answer or fail to think of an experience demonstrating your project management and teamwork competencies. Would it surprise you to know that was supposed to be an easy question? What happens when you get a tricky question, such as, "What value do you bring beyond just technical legal skills to help our clients be successful?"
The Roadmap process transforms this type of challenging question into an opportunity to differentiate yourself from other students. You will not need to wait for a specific question about the value you bring beyond technical legal skills to help legal employers and clients. Instead, you will understand what skills legal employers and clients need and will be able to explain how your strongest skills can help them succeed. You will be prepared with your best stories to demonstrate persuasive evidence of your strongest skills.
Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments vi
Chapter 1
Introduction to the Roadmap Steps... 1
Chapter 2
Completing the Online Roadmap Template... 31
Chapter 3
Your Timeline for the Roadmap Process... 39
Chapter 4
Building a Tent of Relationships with
Professionals Who Both Support You and Trust You to Do
the Work of a Lawyer... 51
Chapter 5
Completing the Online Template for
Building a Tent of Professional Relationships... 69
