Useful, Practical Advice that Law Schools Never Teach
   
► Staying afloat in rough economic times
   
► Ways to keep your sanity and have a life
   
► Why you should not try to drum up business
   
► Top ten goofs you should avoid
   
► Ways to make yourself indispensable
   
► Setting boundaries without losing favor
   
► Why you sometimes have to “work for free”
   
► Reasons partners think you are overpaid
   
► How and why you should “buy time”
   
► Ways to learn the unwritten rules of the office
   
► When and why you should say “no” and how to do it with finesse
   
► How to recognize promises your firm may not keep
   
► What to do when you screw up
   
► How to supervise an assistant who has been at the office forever
   
► Things partners care about more than your billable hours
   
► The most important rule at any law firm

Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks®

– The Lectures

Grover E. Cleveland, the author of Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer, is available for lectures and workshops to give your new associates the head start they need.

Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks® lectures will give your new lawyers useful, practical advice that law schools never teach, while freeing up senior lawyers to generate more revenue and build the practice. Lectures are available both in person and as live, online webinars.

An entertaining and dynamic speaker, Grover is a former partner at Foster Pepper PLLC, one of the Northwest’s largest law firms who has taught many new lawyers how to practice law. After more than a decade of practicing law and mentoring new associates, he now holds an environmental policy position in Seattle, and continues to mentor new lawyers through bar association programs.

Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks® lectures are customized to meet your specific needs, and the interactive presentations based on real-life lessons make learning efficient and effective. Question and answer sessions address the precise needs of your new lawyers.

For more information, contact Grover E. Cleveland.

“Grover gave a terrific talk to our students at Harvard Law School. His presentation was informative and entertaining and eye opening to many. Audience ratings were all top-notch.” Erik D. Ramanathan, Executive Director, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School.

“Grover Cleveland is a wonderful speaker who is able to connect immediately with this audience. His presentation provides new lawyers with exactly the information they need to thrive on the job.” Elaine Ventola, Assistant Director for JD Advising, Office of Career Services Harvard Law School.

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