As year-end approaches and annual evaluations are on the horizon, many junior lawyers are reflecting on their work—their strengths, cases for which they provided valuable assistance, and areas for improvement.

Attorneys in their early years of practice can also take a look at their experience and skill sets to determine how that expertise can be marketed externally. Building a business as a lawyer is invaluable to a future career in private practice. The challenge is to become skilled in an area and to develop work in that practice, even while one's knowledge of the field is developing.