“An Investment in Your Future”
At Carlton Fields, training begins the day a lawyer starts with the firm and continues through each progression of the attorney’s career.
Four Pillars of Professional Development
Integration: Integration Liaisons in each of our offices help new lawyers settle into the firm. These experienced attorneys help our newest colleagues meet others throughout the firm and learn what they need to know about our various practice groups, offices, resources, policies, and procedures.
Mentoring: We also assign a Shareholder Mentor to each new associate. The mentor will work with the attorney throughout the associate years. Together with the practice group leader, the mentor will help the associate develop a plan for professional development and, equally important, will help carry it out.
Feedback: The firm offers its associates individualized practical career guidance through the firm’s comprehensive annual Associate Review Process, which involves feedback from almost every shareholder and senior lawyer in the firm. During the associate review meeting, the practice group leader and the firm’s Professional Development Director meet the associate, discuss their review, and make career development recommendations.
Training: Carlton Fields offers a broad and balanced curriculum of both structured and informal programs to enhance the development of our lawyers. The firm is continually reviewing and evolving programming to meet its commitment to be on the leading edge of associate training.
Professional Development and Training Initiatives
- Career development training
- Mentoring program
- Feedback, coaching, and networking
- Integration program
- Practice area substantive law training
- Practice skills development
- Marketing and business development training
- Diversity awareness training
- Online training
- Development through committee involvement
For more information about Carlton Fields' Professional Development programs, view our 2009 Professional Development Brochure.