How to Make Law Firm Partner: Progress to Partner Academy
Are you hoping to be promoted to senior associate but a senior partner announces that one of your colleagues has got the promotion instead of you again.
How can you stop this from happening so that you get the next promotion to senior associate?
How can you differentiate yourself from your colleagues and demonstrate your leadership capabilities so that you can advance in your career?
Progress to Partner Academy is the sister site of How to Make Partner. It’s tough to hear, but keeping your head down and working hard won’t get you noticed! Get online access to self-study courses, short and long videos packed full of advice to develop your partner-ready skills with Progress to Partner – premium membership is £290 for 12 months – that’s less than a 1-hour coaching session!
Progress to Partner academy members know exactly where they need to focus to get noticed as partner-material in their law firm, each day, week and month of their career. Isn’t it time that you did?
Academy, Courses and Events
For all career stages, from student to partner candidate
Career Guides and Articles
Free content to help you vision where it is and how to get there
Who We Serve
Students, Paralegals, Trainee Solicitors, Associates, Directors, Newly Appointed Partners & Firms.
Progress Your Law Career
Email Courses
A big topic broken down into early stage email courses for exactly the right moment. For each of the 12 skills areas,
Recorded Classes
Our class material and online self paced courses, for active partner based progression.
Events
Bringing topical issues to qualified lawyers Partner specific presentations for later career support and preparation
Coaching
For late stage preparation and confidence around the business case and interview stages.
Individual Progress to Partner Pricing – Is it for You?
Partner – BLM LLP
“Thank you very much indeed for your significant help and support – as a result of your guidance, I felt incredibly confident in submitting my business plan and then giving my presentation and interview. In the days after the presentation and interview, I had some very positive feedback from the partners who interviewed me, saying that my performance was “outstanding” and that my presentation was “very slick and professional” – I doubt it would have been without your advice and guidance. I gained so much confidence from working with you, and I am extremely grateful.”
Discover your Partnership Readiness Scores
Our partnership readiness assessment will give you clarity on what to work on to improve your career prospects. We recommend that trainees, associates and senior associates in law firms work through the Law Firm Partnership Readiness Assessment to get focussed on how to progress in your law firm career.
Skills Development to Become a Partner
Access resources, courses and partner development programs to suit you at every stage in your career with a Progress to Partner subscription
Progress to Partner Academy: Your self-study courses, programmes, videos, plans, guides and masterclasses on tap
Get started with a simple, low-cost annual plan. Then, when you are ready to take action, progress in accessing unlimited courses, resources, and live virtual masterclasses. Later, when you are ready to mount a charge towards becoming a law firm partner, we offer premium services, such as discounted executive coaching, to help get you there more quickly.
Career Planning
Getting into the right mindset
Personal Direction Guides
Career Plan Guides
Personal Case Guides
Developing New Business
Generating new business is a crucial element of becoming a partner
Team Development
Nobody gets there on their own. Working with teams is core to our achievement
Support Team Guides
Delegation Guides
Partner Material
There is a certain way that partners behave, access our insights
Member of the Club Guides
Law Firm Partner Mindset Guides
Partner Track
Time to get down to it. Our premium guide to get you prepareed for the partner pitch
Partner Business Case Guides
Partner Admission Process Guides
Individuals Progress to Partner Pricing – Is it for You?
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Partner – BLM LLP
“Thank you very much indeed for your significant help and support – as a result of your guidance, I felt incredibly confident in submitting my business plan and then giving my presentation and interview. In the days after the presentation and interview, I had some very positive feedback from the partners who interviewed me, saying that my performance was “outstanding” and that my presentation was “very slick and professional” – I doubt it would have been without your advice and guidance. I gained so much confidence from working with you, and I am extremely grateful.”
Our Books
Heather Townsend
Heather Townsend is the leading global expert in what it takes to move from senior fee earner to partner – and when you get there, stay there. She regularly runs programmes to help fee earners take the step up to partner, and establish themselves as a new partner, for mid-tier law, accountancy and consultancy firms. It just so happens that she is rather good (and not really that modest either!) in helping individuals successfully market and sell themselves. Just the skills you need when you are aiming to grow your client portfolio AND make it to partner.
In fact, her clients have added over £1 million in fees to their client portfolio in the last year. Heather often works with private clients who want to drive their own career (regardless of the development options offered by their firm) via her Progress To Partner membership site. The membership site helps lawyers, accountants and consultants to:
She is the author of 6 books including ‘How to make partner and still have a life‘ (co-authored with Jo Larbie), ‘Poised for partnership‘, ‘The Financial Times guide to business networking‘ and ‘The Go-To Expert‘. Her books have sold over 20,000 copies globally and been translated into over 6 different languages and attracted over 200 five star reviews on Amazon.Her coaching style has been described as challenging, friendly but very supportive.
