BEING LET GO

On Monday morning you are back from a restful weekend and looking to give it a 110% and by Thursday you are out of a job.
This matter of being fired, for whatever reasons, is rather traumatic. You are thinking of the rent, the bills, the holidays in Tuscany and more to the point you are feeling in the dumps on account of the rejection.
The usual advice would be to become the sort of employee that doesn't ever get let go or if this doesn't happen you get over the hump. Many other great lawyers have been let go of and moved on to better things so you take it in your stride.
All of this is true and in addition, building business development skills and learning to be a proper law firm rainmaker will come in handy.

Building is the word because it takes some time to get your own mix right. Whether it is letters, speaking, idea development, volunteering or pushing initiatives no one else wants. You have to work at these to find out how you will use each of them and in what mix to bring out your own true talents for building a book of business, attracting clients to your law firm.

And there is the economy. In 2013, the law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manages (handled Lehman brothers bankruptcy) had to let go of about sixty junior lawyers, half its secretaries and reduced the profits of its 300 partners. All of this came about because of the reduction in legal work at that time.
This one is on the economy so sometimes if this comes your way, dust yourself off and try again.