Nearly six months ago, we announced that SkillBurst had been acquired by BARBRI. Since then, many of you have asked, "Why BARBRI? Isn't BARBRI focused on preparing law students for the bar exam?"

Being an exceptional lawyer at your firm or practice area is not always enough to develop business at the rate you or your partners would like—in fact, exceptional legal skills are just the beginning. Making it rain takes special and specific skills. But most lawyers went to law school, not business school. So, how can lawyers enhance or even learn the skills to develop business?

Education doesn’t stop for lawyers after passing the bar. In addition to meeting mandatory continuing education requirements and staying compliant with national and state rules and opinions, lawyers must keep their professional skills polished and up to date if they want to advance their careers and develop and maintain client relationships–and what lawyer doesn’t want to do that?

Training is an ongoing necessity for lawyers, encompassing CLE/CPD requirements, state and local ordinances, and updates in laws and regulations - and training these highly intelligent professionals can be difficult for many law firms. But why? And how can firms address these challenges?

Law firms have always found it challenging to deliver value-added professional development for lawyers that they actually use.

Since our inception, SkillBurst has worked to solve the first issue by developing digital legal professional development courses that deliver brief, interactive training modules law firms can seamlessly customize to fit their needs.

And now, we’re streamlining the process of deciding what courses to offer or take (and in what order).

As summer associate season gears up and a new class of first-year associates prepares to enter law firm life in the fall, legal professional development is more important than ever, and it’s time to start thinking about how to set these young lawyers up for success, for their individual practices and as part of the larger firm.