Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: New Book From West Helps New Lawyers Thrive

EAGAN, Minn., April 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The path to becoming a lawyer is challenging enough, but succeeding at a career practicing law takes drive and discipline – especially in difficult economic times. In Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks: The Essential Guide to Thriving as a New Lawyer, published by West, Grover E. Cleveland provides practical advice for new lawyers to get their careers off to the right start.

Cleveland, a former partner at Foster Pepper PLLC with more than a decade of experience mentoring new attorneys, says new lawyers have to show they can practice law right from the start.

"The economic downturn increased already high-performance expectations for new lawyers," said Cleveland. "As a result, new lawyers have to prove themselves very quickly, and clients are increasingly unwilling to pay for the time it takes to train new lawyers."

Swimming Lessons for Baby Sharks contains hundreds of practical tips gathered from dozens of lawyers with the advice they wish they had had when they started practicing law. Real-life examples illustrate the lessons along with bulleted tips that provide comprehensive advice quickly.

More information is at http://bit.ly/babysharks or at www.swimminglessonsforbabysharks.com.

An audio clip is available, featuring Cleveland talking about some of the biggest challenges facing a new lawyer today, at http://bit.ly/bRLnd1.

About West

Headquartered in Eagan, Minn., West is the foremost provider of integrated information solutions, software and services to the U.S. legal market. West is a business within Thomson Reuters. For more information, please visit the West Web site at www.west.thomson.com.

About Thomson Reuters

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