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Industry-Recognized Legal Coach & Trainer

Prior to becoming a certified legal coach and trainer, Joan Newman was a practicing attorney for 30 years and a law school adjunct professor for 20 years. She is a graduate of Washington University School of Law and is licensed by the American and Missouri bar associations. She has leveraged her vast industry knowledge and expertise to help other attorneys improve their professional and leadership skills, and become more successful lawyers.

  • Washington University School of Law LL.M., 1973
  • Washington University School of Law J.D., 1972
  • Washington University Law Quarterly, Managing Editor
  • Washington University School of Law, Order of the Coif (honorary member)
  • Case-Western Reserve University Bachelor of Arts degree, 1969
  • American Bar Association
    • Law Practice Management Section Member
    • Business Law Section Member
  • Missouri Bar Association
  • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • U.S. Tax Court
  • Missouri

Programs That Build Strategic, Developmental, & Interpersonal Skills

Joan Newman & Associates’ professional legal coaching and training programs focus on a variety of critical professional, leadership, and strategic skills. These include marketing, time management and organizational skills, building relationships with clients and colleagues, project management, communication, strategic planning, budgeting, and supervision and delegation. 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.