Making Partner (ebook)

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This book is for anyone who is serious about making partner. Whether you want to better understand what law firm partners look for in associates or just want to stand out from the competition Making Partner provides you with a clear pathway past the obstacles to your success, even in the most difficult firm cultures. The rest is up to you.

This book is also for any law student concerned about getting their first legal job. Making Partner provides practical information and specific advice about how to obtain a position at a top law firm of any size, including AmLaw 100 firms, and how to excel once you are there. The advice is given in the form of a step-by-step explanation of a highly effective and proven method used to secure a top law firm job, and detailed best practices to follow to be a star associate on the fast track to partnership and a successful junior partner.

Adam Gropper is the author of Making Partner: The Essential Guide to Negotiating the Law School Path and Beyond (American Bar Association, 2013). Making Partner provides guidance for maximizing performance while in law school, securing the dream law firm job, excelling as an associate, and moving on the fast track to making partner. Mr. Gropper also wrote the introduction and contributed to the content of the Vault Career Guide to Law (Vault.com, 2014). The Vault Career Guide to Law provides an insider's perspective on what's happening in the industry, what it takes to break in, and how to advance your career. Mr. Gropper is the founder of LegalJob.com, a website that provides practical advice for current law school students and law firm associates. Mr. Gropper is also a regular contributor to Thomson Reuters' Legal Solutions Blog.

Mr. Gropper regularly participates on panels to discuss professional development strategies at law schools and events organized by various bar associations, and frequently serves as a mentor to law students and law firm associates.

Mr. Gropper is a Legislation Counsel on the staff of the non-partisan Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation, assisting Members of both parties in Congress in developing and drafting tax legislation and legislative history with a focus on the area of tax procedure and administration. Previously, Mr. Gropper was a tax partner at Baker & Hostetler LLP where he spent ten years handling tax controversy and planning matters.

Mr. Gropper is a licensed Certified Public Accountant and has a Juris Doctor, with honors, from the George Washington University Law School, a Master of Taxation from Florida Atlantic University, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with honors, from the University of Florida.0