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Legal Outplacement Counseling & Career Transition Coaching

Joan Newman & Associates works with law firms and individual attorneys around the country, providing legal outplacement counseling and legal career transition coaching. Joan draws upon her 30 years as a practicing attorney and mentor to help lawyers at all stages develop a clear career path. Her services include personal, professional, and financial goal setting; resume and interview preparation; exploring career alternatives in and outside of the legal environment; negotiating employment and compensation packages; and teaching or honing critical strategic, professional, and interpersonal skills. Joan has coached dozens of attorneys through significant career transitions, including lay-offs, promotions, successions, and retirements.

Programs That Build Strategic, Developmental, & Interpersonal Skills

Joan Newman & Associates’ professional legal coaching and training programs focus on a variety of critical strategic, behavioral, and interpersonal skills that help attorneys transition into new career opportunities and keep them competitive in the job market. Learn more:

Professional Insights

Successful Attorneys Have Structured New Business Development Strategies

Successful lawyers have an unwavering commitment to their new business development process. Their strategies are structured, scheduled, and focused.

Legal Project Management is Critical to Client Satisfaction

Legal project management is being adopted by savvy lawyers in response to the “new normal” service delivery demanded by clients: more transparency, predictable legal costs, and more efficiency and value from lawyers.

Time Management is Critical for Legal Career Success

Good time management skills are essential to being a successful lawyer. Lawyers who are organized and manage their time well tend to think more clearly, work more productively, and make a better impression on colleagues and clients.