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Inspiration & Resources to Develop Your Career         

  

# Ascension Stories #26: Julie Ryan

## Making Lawyers More Valuable

By: **AltaClaro** | Published:

Jul 06, 2018

 (1 minute read)

Like many law firm partners before her, Julie Ryan identified a basic skills gap in many junior transactional lawyers. Unlike most law firm partners, she decided to do something about it... something BIG. Her innovative courses (along with her soon-to-be-published text book) break the mold of traditional legal learning to provide her students and now junior professionals (using AltaClaro Master Classes) with an experience designed to leave them with practical skills that will allow them to shine in any transactional setting.

In this episode, Julie traces her path from her origins as a practically challenged junior associate, through her development into a top-flight deal lawyer and law firm partner and on to her partnership with AltaClaro to bring meaningful practical skills training to every lawyer who wants to accelerate their own ascension.

 

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