Legal Dilemmas' Career Exchange

Networking and Branding are two indispensable tools for building a successful legal career. While the former determines a lawyer’s sphere of influence, the latter determines whether he gets a job from a client or potential employer.

Highlighting the importance of networking, Kevin Hurley said: “Success in nearly every aspect of life comes down to your ability to build meaningful relationships -both personal and professional”. It then goes to say that if a lawyer must make a success of his legal career he must as a matter of necessity master the art of cultivating right relationships.

Further, Warren Buffet with regard to branding said: “Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it’s not going to get the business”. It means that whether a lawyer gets picked for a job depends on his client’s or employer’s perception of his brand.

It is obvious from the above therefore that networking and branding must be given particular attention by the young lawyer if he wants to build a thriving practice and go far in the profession.

This is why the October edition of our monthly seminars will be focusing on these important subjects so as to adequately equip young lawyers with the requisite skills to build right relationships and market their brands.

The seminar will be facilitated by some of the best minds in the profession who will be bringing to bare their wealth of experience garnered over the years in helping people build networks and irresistible brands.

Seminar Theme:

"Networking and Branding for Young Lawyers”

Facilitators:

1. Yimika Adesola

Yimika is a British trained lawyer and an associate in one of Nigeria’s foremost law firms. She is the founder of Legally Engaged, a career resource website for law students, graduates and young lawyers.

2. Senator Ihenyen

Senator Ihenyen is Intellectual Property (IP) and information technology (IT) consultant at Assizes Law firm. He has authored several articles on IP & IT and apart from these; Senator’s areas of interest include tax, commercial law and legal policy.

Other Presentations At The Seminar

The seminar will also feature practical skills acquisition session covering the following matters:

Practical ways to market yourself on LinkedIn
How to brand your email account on desktop and smart phone
Business cards & Dress sense

Click on the Following Link to Register:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUSV9VlslQs6QMB0QW37NHMlrUWUF04Mdzy9kYPkndIruK1g/viewform?c=0&w=1&fbzx=-4402321105399442000

Date, Time & Venue
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2017
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Legal Dilemmas official Whatsapp page

Registrants will be admitted into the Whatsapp page on a first-come basis, so hurry!

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