Law firms single out individuals as ‘partner potential’ early in their careers, but how can you become one of these select few? Career coaches Heather Townsend and Jo Larbie explore what firms look for when identifying future partnership talent

For most lawyers, the route to partnership is a long and hard journey. However, there are often a select number of people who have a relatively easy route as they navigate their way through to partnership. They are often tagged by partners as ‘partnership potential’ – meaning they are often given extra help to make it to partner.