Objective: Equip young lawyers and others seeking to generate business with the foundational mindset, tools, and strategies needed to begin developing business early in their careers.
Discussion topics include:
- Shifting mindset: Understanding that law is both a profession and a business.
- Personal brand development: How young lawyers can define their identity and value within and outside the firm.
- Building an initial network: Practical ways to form and maintain professional relationships.
- Getting started despite inexperience: Addressing imposter syndrome and finding small, manageable ways to begin.
- Differences across practice areas
- Differences across firm sizes: How opportunities to start business development vary at small, medium, and large firms.
- Challenges young lawyers face: Real barriers such as time constraints, unclear expectations, and potential post-COVID networking hurdles.
Moderator:
- Christopher L. Jackson, Esq., Chair, Young Lawyers’ Division, New Jersey State Bar Association
Speakers:
- Alessandra M. Moore, Associate, Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- David J. Bruno, Esq., The Bianchi Law Group
- Joseph A. Natale, Esq., Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis
- Caroline E. Oks, Esq., FBT Gibbons
Time: 1:10 p.m. ET
Location: New Jersey Law Center, One Constitution Square, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
*This event is open to the public but requires a registration fee.
