Career Coaching for Lawyers

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Discuss your thorny career issue with an expert.

Some lawyers don’t want (and often don’t need) to hire a professional career coach for long-term coaching. They have an acute need, like preparing for a job interview, that requires immediate preparation and action. Or they just have a burning or nagging something, and they need an impartial expert with whom to discuss it. It’s an opportunity to talk through issues with someone who has been around the block, as well as to formulate an action plan.

Our legal career advising is available in sessions as short as 30 minutes. You can use it for one-off questions, short-term coaching, or to road-test a long-term partnership.

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Action-Oriented Career Coaching for Immediate Needs
Why Work with Us? Sample Client Testimonials

“I needed someone objective looking at these problems through a different prism.”

— Law firm partner

Legal Career Coaching for Immediate Needs

We give lawyers the tools they need to move forward. Taking an accountability approach to lawyer career coaching, we work with attorneys to develop step-by-step action plans that address their individual needs. Our clients are committed to the understanding that:

They must choose to be their greatest asset
Success is the result of habits, behaviors, and attitudes that can be learned
Short, mid, and long-term strategies are best pursued simultaneously

Julie Cromer Young with the Hon. Ruth Bader Ginsburg at “Her Honor: Women in the Judiciary,” a 2013 conference Julie organized as conference director.

Through one-on-one career coaching, lawyers partner with us to develop and implement strategies to achieve their goals. Their individual situations can be quite varied...

A BigLaw litigator is planning to move to a new city, and wants to use her geographical move to also change practice areas.

How can she establish bona fides in the new practice area, and build connections in her dream city—without alerting her current firm to her plans to jump ship?

An executive-level lawyer has been working overseas for twenty years, and is ready to return to the U.S. She knows her eventual job search will be heavily dependent upon networking. How can she rebuild connections among influential U.S. lawyers?

A contract manager at a Fortune 100 company wants to move to an in-house lawyer role. How he can build relationships within the legal department so that he can transition from his JD-preferred position to corporate counsel?

A senior lawyer with a specialized skill set has her ambitions on getting into one of the most recognizable companies in the world.

How can she target and build relationships with key players in the company to position herself for hire?

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Or read on to find out what our clients have said about our career coaching for lawyers.

Shauna C. Bryce talks legal careers to senior-level lawyers at Harvard Law School. She was selected by her classmates to be the 1996 Class Symposium speaker, addressing mid-career options and decision-making in “Improving with Age: Making the Most o… — Shauna C. Bryce talks legal careers to senior-level lawyers at Harvard Law School. She was selected by her classmates to be the 1996 Class Symposium speaker, addressing mid-career options and decision-making in “Improving with Age: Making the Most of Your Legal Vintage." Introduced by Dave Aronberg, State Attorney for Palm Beach County, Florida.

Sample Testimonials from Career Coaching Clients

Why work with Bryce Legal? How can you choose the best lawyer career coach and legal résumé writer for you? Here’s what just a few our clients say. To read hundreds of client reviews and testimonials from attorneys, please see Our Client Testimonials.

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I feel so much better

“Shauna, I feel so much better just talking to you.”

- EVP / General Counsel

you helped me crystalize what I needed to think about

“Shauna, you helped me crystalize what I needed to think about and my guiding principles as I made my career choices.”

- Law firm partner exploring career options

your advice to be more proactive

“If there's one regret, Shauna, it's that I didn't take your advice to be more proactive earlier.”

- Chief Privacy Officer for digital product company

you set my career set up for launch

“Shauna, you set my career set up for launch! You helped me realize that I need to know what I want, helped me understand the distinction between a legal specialist and generalist -- and that I'm a generalist. Since we talked, I had the opportunity to grow my team and it's been really cool. Now I've just accepted an opportunity reporting directly to the GC of [NYSE-listed cloud computing company]. The first thing the GC said to me at my interview was, 'OMG, your résumé was amazing. I've seen so many résumés, but yours does a great job of showing impact, not only individually but also as a team. Usually I have to work hard to tease it out, but yours just jumped out.' I also want to mention your tip about using our networks to get past HR was really important. HR wasn't interested in me. But my contact got my résumé in front of the GC and an hour later I call the call to interview. Shauna, you are a genius.”

- Executive level Silicon Valley counsel

so glad I had an opportunity to speak with you

“Hi Julie, Thank you so much for your guidance and insight. I am so glad I had an opportunity to speak with you!”

- Junior attorney re-focusing career

I will likely be back

“Hi Julie, Many thanks for the talk today and for the information and summary. Very useful. I will likely be back to you for assistance with my résumé.”

- Mid-level attorney transitioning from international public law to in-house counsel positions

lending your invaluable experience and brain

“Hi Julie, Thank you again for lending your invaluable experience and brain to helping me launch the next phase of my life and career. I am most thankful for your assistance in this journey!”

- Second-career attorney finding a position after a clerkship

will continue to consider my goals and opportunities moving forward

“Hi Julie, Thanks so much for your feedback. I’ve already started focusing on my LinkedIn page, and will continue to consider my goals and opportunities moving forward.”

- Senior attorney changing career focus

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Your Career Coaching Experts for Legal Professions

Team Bios

Shauna C. Bryce

Shauna is a nationally recognized expert with 20+ years in law and legal hiring. She's a former practicing attorney (AmLaw 100, AmLaw 200, and in-house), as well as former Chief Legal Talent Officer and Chief Diversity Officer of a AmLaw 100 multinational law firm. (On Sabbatical)

Kamilah Exum

A former Federal Reserve SME, former tax controversy attorney, and former pro bono program director for lawyers at AmLaw 100 firms, Kamilah Exum has nearly 20 years working with attorneys and other professionals.

Niteesha Gupte

A former public company compliance director, Fortune 50 in-house counsel, AmLaw 100 lawyer, and federal government (HHS-OIG) associate counsel, Niteesha Gupte has 20+ years working with attorneys across sectors and environments. She is also a lateral partner recruiter at Major, Lindsay & Africa.

Jessica Mullery

A former AmLaw 100 litigator, judicial law clerk, and law school Assistant Director of Career Services, Jessica has 10 years working with GCs and other lawyers in Global 100 / Fortune 500 companies, AmLaw 100 / 200 law firms, small law firms, NGOs, law schools, and govt.

Jared Redick

Former Fortune 15 / AmLaw 100 recruiter, Jared Redick has 20+ years in career transitions, decision-making, and branding for C-suite and executive attorneys, partners, on-track lawyers, career changers, and lawyers leaving the law.

Julie Cromer Young

Law school professor and former AmLaw 100 lawyer, Julie Cromer Young has 20+ years in law, legal hiring, career development, and decision-making for mid-level, junior, and entry-level lawyers; law students; and academics. (Limited Schedule)