Training: The firm offers a full range of in-house training opportunities taught by Lovells’ attorneys as well as outside consultants and law school professors. Some topics include:
- Accounting for Lawyers
- Deposition Skills
- Oral Advocacy
- Legal Writing
- Business Development
- Ethics
- Negotiation
New Associate Training/Basics Series:
The firm offers new associates an opportunity to learn about Lovells through its Orientation Training Day and Basics Series. These programs cover topics such as:
- The Firm as a Business
- Firm Structure and Development
- Billing and Timekeeping
- Associate Life
- Effective Use of Library Resources
- Introduction to Arbitration
- Basic Trial Skills
- Professional Responsibility and Ethics
Mentoring:
Lovells believes that mentoring is a key element to its attorneys’ development and success. The firm’s mentoring initiative offers new associates an opportunity to receive guidance and advice and begin to develop and foster important relationships across the firm. New associates are paired with mentors upon their arrival and are encourages to collaborate with them from the onset.
Retreats:
Lovells offers a number of international and regional retreats designed to provide training and networking opportunities to attorneys across the firm.
Secondments:
Lovells’ secondment and mini-secondment programs offer attorneys a unique opportunity to gain legal, business development and technical skills in one of its 26 other offices.