Sponsored by Kelleher Associates, LLC

The Lawyer Transition Group comprises legal management, career management and marketing professionals who collaborate to provide lawyers in transition with the pragmatic advice they need to move forward in their careers. With our collective insight into law firm, in-house, business and non-profit environments, we help lawyers who:

• Are presently in career transition
• Expect they may need to prepare for an upcoming transition
• Are contemplating a potential transition into a new role, either within or outside the traditional legal practice arena.

By combining our skills, backgrounds, resources and knowledge of market conditions, we have developed a six-session program to provide lawyers with focused, effective, action-oriented guidance to help them successfully identify and achieve career goals, despite the challenging economic environment.

Curriculum

Beyond the basics of polishing a resume and learning better interviewing techniques, today’s lawyers must develop a more strategic and focused job search. “Recharging Your Career” starts with a rigorous assessment of each participant’s experiences, strengths and abilities. Each participant explores a range of possible career paths, leading to a broader set of opportunities. The six-session curriculum includes:

• Session 1/April 22, 2010: Personal Assessment: understanding your values, personality and strengths, and their connection to optimal career choices and work environments. We will also briefly explore the market realities in the legal profession and their implications for future opportunities.
• Session 2/April 29, 2010: Self and Market Definition: using your personal assessments to identify possible new roles and career paths; understanding your interests, strengths and skills and how they may be utilized in a variety of possible career options open to attorneys.
• Session 3/May 6, 2010: Developing Personal Career Goals: small group coaching to help you define and prioritize your possible career options and develop a specific plan for pursuing each option. Also included is information regarding starting a solo practice.
• Session 4/May 13, 2010: Marketing Yourself: individual one-on-one coaching sessions to develop targeted personal marketing materials for selected career goals, including a resume and networking profile. Also included is information on how to effectively work with recruiters.
• Session 5/May 20, 2010: Getting Your Message Out: refining your resume and profile; developing a comfortable and persuasive way of promoting yourself; identifying your “network,” and improving your networking techniques.
• Session 6/May 27, 2010: Interview Preparation and Reference Management: improving your interviewing skills; selecting and managing references; and committing yourself to a disciplined job search process.

The Lawyer Transition Group

The Group includes, under one umbrella, experts in personal assessment, practical job hunting skills, networking and business development and preparation of job search materials.

• Bob Denney, president of Robert Denney Associates, Inc., has provided strategic management counsel to law firms and legal organizations throughout the United States and part of Canada for over 30 years.
• Sheri Desaretz has been a business owner for almost 40 years. She spent 20 of those years as a practicing attorney in her own firm. She now coaches and consults with attorneys and other professionals and business owners in all aspects of business start-up, ownership, operations, and business development.
• Barbara Kaplan, a former in-house marketing and business development director, serves as a consultant to lawyers and law firms on building effective business development skills.
• Mary Beth Pratt spent more than 20 years as a law firm marketing director. She teaches a law school course on how to start and manage a law firm and also coaches lawyers and law firms on marketing and business development strategies.
• Marci Wilf has been in private practice and in-house as a corporate lawyer and senior business leader in a variety of industries for more than 25 years. She now works with Kelleher Associates, LLC coaching lawyers and other senior executives regarding career transitions.

In addition, guest faculty may participate from time to time on key topic areas.

Program Details

The program is priced at $1,275.00 for those who register by 4/12/10 and at $1,375.00 for those who register on or after 4/13/10. Participation is limited in order to provide opportunities for group interaction and individualized feedback on each participant’s career plans and marketing materials. Participants will have assignments between each two-hour session, leading into the next topic. Individual follow-up coaching is available as an optional service.

All sessions will be held on Thursday mornings from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the offices of Kelleher Associates, LLC, 1255 Drummers Lane, Suite 103, Wayne, PA, where free parking is available. The spring sessions begin on April 22, 2010 and end on May 27, 2010.

About Kelleher Associates

Kelleher Associates, LLC, the umbrella organization under which The Lawyer Transition Group operates, has been a leader in outplacement services for many years, and provides access to a variety of assessment instruments and other resources not commonly available to lawyers in transition.

Contact Information

For further information and to register for “Recharging Your Career,” please call Marcella Carter of Kelleher Associates, LLC, at 610.293.1115, or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it