099: Sumana Wolf of Loyola Law School Career Development Center will be discussing Things to Think About in Starting Your Own Law Practice.

Sumana Wolf is the Assistant Director of the Career Development Center at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles. In her position as Assistant Director, Sumana counsels and advises students and graduates on resumes, interviewing skills, job searches, networking, and career goals. Prior to joining Loyola Law School, Sumana worked as an associate at the boutique law firm of Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP in San Francisco, where her practice focused on civil rights, prisoners’ rights, and business litigation. Sumana was named a Rising Star by Northern California Super Lawyer’s Magazine in 2012 and 2013. Sumana received her J.D. from UCLA School of Law in 2009.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

• Sumana reminds us that there are three things to do when you fail:

1. Own the failure
2. Fix the failure
3. Learn from the failure

Tell us something good

• Listen as Sumana tells us that earning the Rising Star Award when litigating was a major success at the time.
• Now, Sumana says that the biggest successes for her are when a graduate gets a job due to her assistance through the Loyola Law School Career Development Center

Favorite Resource

• Favorite resource for tips on how to start your own firm: Attorneys who have done so!
• ABA – Tracking Incubator Programs

Favorite Books:

• Tomorrow’s Lawyers: An Introduction to Your Future In his newest provocative and forward-looking volume on the legal profession, Richard Susskind-the best-selling author of The End of Lawyers? and The Future of Law-predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the world of law. What Susskind sees is eye-opening-a legal world of virtual courts, Internet-based global legal businesses, online document production, commoditized service, legal process outsourcing, and web-based simulated practice. Legal markets will be liberalized, with new jobs for lawyers and new employers too.

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