To help newcomers transition into the legal profession and start strong in their careers, Ursula Furi-Perry has packed her new book with candid advice for lawyers’ first year on the job. Your First Year as a Lawyer Revealed offers a self-assessment to help recent graduates decide on a career path. Next, readers learn how to navigate the job search and are given tips for resume writing, interviewing, networking, and more.

 

Once readers discover how to find a job, Furi-Perry reveals how to keep it. Her essential advice teaches readers how to score meaningful assignments, build marketable skills, develop a network, interact with others, and maintain work-life balance.

 

Your First Year as a Lawyer Revealed offers the counsel of those who know legal careers best: law firm recruiters and hiring partners; law school deans, administrators, and career services professionals; legal career counselors and consultants; and young lawyers who are already on the fast-track to a successful legal career.