You want to know where you fit, what you're doing well, and how you can improve. We provide you with performance feedback so you will know. Our feedback program includes day-to-day guidance from the partners with whom you work and formal annual evaluations. At Holland & Knight, you will always know where you stand, what you have achieved and where you are headed.

Associate Performance Expectations

We want you to understand what we expect of you in terms of work quality, skill development and productivity. If you are interested in pursuing partnership, we will help you understand how to get there and provide resources to help you reach your goal.

Formal Evaluations

The partners and senior lawyers with whom you work most closely will provide written and oral feedback once a year during our formal annual evaluation process. Your practice group leader and mentor will meet with you to give you their thoughts and feedback from others and to discuss your goals for the coming year. We provide support to our lawyers so they are best-equipped to provide you with meaningful and constructive feedback.

Informal Feedback

We encourage our lawyers to provide you with feedback and guidance after each assignment, and we urge them to also talk openly with you about your place in the practice group, the office, the firm and the profession. We will teach you how to approach your supervising lawyers to ask for more feedback if you feel you aren't getting enough direction.

Self-Assessment

You will use our self-evaluation tool to help you assess your own progress, take stock of your accomplishments, and provide your practice group leader and other supervising partners with your thoughts on what you have done well and where you want to focus in the coming year.