Advisory Services

If your law firm or legal department is rethinking its lawyer recruiting, development or advancement practices, call on an expert who has helped some of the world’s best law firms develop and execute their talent management initiatives. For a reasonable monthly retainer, Caren will be available at your convenience by phone to discuss your firm’s talent management needs, and to serve as a sounding board as you and the firm’s talent management committee work through changes in your lawyer hiring, development or advancement practices.

Consulting & Project Outsourcing

If your law firm or legal department has made the decision to launch or fine-tune any of the following talent management initiatives, Caren will work with the leaders in your organization to provide expert guidance on the design, development, communication, and implementation of the project. Services can be provided at a fixed fee, or by the hour based on your needs.

Lawyer Development Needs Assessment
Merit-Based Compensation
Evaluations & Upward Reviews
Core Competency & Benchmarks Frameworks
New Associate Training & Apprenticeship Programs
Alternative Career Path & Advancement Options
Work Assignment Allocation Systems
Experiential Learning (i.e. on-the-job training, pro bono & shadowing)
Training Curricula
Partner & Associate Integration
Learning Management Systems
Exit Interviews & Outplacement Procedures/Options
Career Development Planning
Mentoring Programs
Behavioral Interviewing
Diversity & Inclusive Initiatives and Policies

Talent Management Diagnostic

Are you strategically hiring, developing, and advancing the lawyers who are best suited to service the needs of your clients?

The Talent Management Diagnostic will be available soon.

Templates, Checklists & Forms
COMING SOON!

Instead of starting from scratch when developing templates, checklists and forms to support your professional development initiatives, draw on Caren’s extensive experience by purchasing access to the following 50+ resources which can easily be tailored to meet the needs of your organization. In addition to the forms, you will be provided with consulting hours via phone to help you tailor the forms to your firm’s needs. The fee to download 10 or fewer forms, plus 2-hours of complimentary consulting, is $750.00. The fee for unlimited use of all forms for one-year, plus 4-hours of complimentary consulting, is $2500.00.

Core Competency & Benchmarks Fundamentals – Sample Presentation to Management
Sample Core Competencies By Level of Experience
Multi-Office Training Program Set Up Checklist
Junior, Mid-Level & Senior Associate Skills Matrix
Lateral Partner Integration Checklist
Mentor Program Pairing Questionnaires
Sample Training Program Evaluations
Retreat Facilitation Checklist
Business Case for Professional Development - Sample Presentation to Management
Sample Professional Development Job Descriptions
New Associate Billing & Timekeeping Program Talking Points
Sample Exit Interview Questionnaire
Upward Evaluation Template
Sample Associate Self-Evaluation & Career Development Plan
AND MANY MORE . . . .

More information on this service will be available soon. Please contact Caren if you need any specific forms, checklists or templates immediately.

Lawyer Training, Professional Development, Staffing, Recruiting

Professional Development, Recruitment & Diversity Staffing

As your law firm or legal department advances its talent management initiatives, it is crucial to have the right professional staff in place to help set the vision, drive progress, and effectively implement the plans. Caren has hired, trained and directly supervised over 40 recruiting, professional development and diversity staff for several of the world’s leading law firms, and has the unique ability to assist with all of the following staffing needs.

Integration of recruiting, development & diversity staffing/departments
Realignment of staffing levels to meet current and anticipated needs
Strategic guidance on market compensation and job expectations
Recruitment & placement of high-level professional staff
Mentoring or training of new staff

Lawyer Training Programs

Having participated in the interviews of over 7,000 lawyers, and the development of 3,500+ lawyers at many AmLaw 100 and 200 firms, Caren has a broad understanding of the types of skills lawyers need to succeed. The following interactive, skills-based programs can be tailored to the needs of your lawyers, and offered as 1.5 hour training programs, or as half-day workshops. Program fees range from $3,000 to $6,000 depending on the amount of preparatory time necessary, the length of the presentation and the number of participants. Sample agendas are available upon request.

The Art of Networking for Lawyers
Interviewing Skills in the New World
Authentic Leadership – Finding and Developing the Right Style
How to be the Go-To Junior Lawyer

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