The Coalition's PR/Social Media Sub-Committee needs your help with raising awareness of the Coalition through social media. Please: join, follow and "like" the Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook and ask your firms to do the same.    

LinkedIn:     Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law   

Twitter:        @ChiWomenInLaw 

Facebook:    Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law 

If you would like to join this new sub-committee (or even just let us know of articles, awards, etc. that should be shared with the entire Coalition), please contact Rue Toland (rtoland@mayerbrown.com) or Kelly Glynn (keglynn@deloitte.com) 

Sincerely,

Looking for Work

Dear Looking for Work,

Finding long term satisfaction in the law involves aligning your area of practice with your values, interests and talents.   While it can be tempting to pick a practice area or type of work because it looks "hot" or because you like the attorneys who do the work, I recommend first examining whether this work fits with your overall interests and career aspirations. As you may have already seen, people leave their firms all the time (even established partners), and practices that are on the rise one day may not exist the next. At the same time, as you get more senior (and if your goal is to make partner), it becomes more important to be strategic about the work you take on.   So how should a young associate approach finding satisfying work that will increase her chances of making partner?

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