In September, the National Law Journal launched a new series, "On the Rise: Voices from Young Lawyers." Since then, we have featured columns on key practice insights from our 2019 D.C. Rising Stars and other prominent young attorneys in Washington and beyond. In their pieces, the young lawyers tackle topics on client development, transitioning from junior partner to rainmaker, making a tough critique work for you and more. Explore the series here.

Playing the Long Game: Client Development Strategies for Young Lawyers

The first installment in our series is a piece from MoloLamken's Eric Nitz, who writes about how young lawyers can build successful strategies for client development.

Josh Lindsay and his wife Cristina are Washington, D.C. attorneys raising two lively boys under the age of 5. They offer some solid tips for navigating work–life balance, which include setting boundaries at work.

Meghan Hottel-Cox is a real estate attorney at Goulston & Storrs, and plays a key role in her firm's diversity efforts. (In September, the firm was named one of Diversity Lab's Mansfield 2.0 Certified Plus firms.) She looks at successful diversity practices.

You've billed your way up the ladder to make it to the partnership. Now how do you build a top practice? Lillian Hardy, practice group head of Hogan Lovells' crisis leadership team, writes on that topic in the fourth installment of our series.

For young lawyers at many law firms, it's high season for performance reviews. MoloLamken's Eric Nitz writes about how young lawyers can use the feedback they receive in a tough critique to their advantage.

Brian Walsh, of Wiley Rein, writes that young lawyers can add value by staying abreast of regulatory changes and flagging issues early. In so doing, they can fully own their roles as subject matter experts for clients and more senior attorneys.

Natalie Bennett, a trial lawyer with Morgan Lewis, writes about best practices for cultivating visibility as a young partner at a large law firm. And she takes the traditional mantra of "do good work and the rest will follow" a few steps further.

Many lawyers remember their first jury address vividly. The moment when a "litigator" becomes a "trial lawyer." This first trial can be exciting and unlike anything else in the law. MoloLamken's Eric Nitz gives advice to young lawyers approaching that career milestone.