NYSBA Committee on Lawyers in Transition

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2010 Lawyers in Transition Career Development Webcast Series

Session One - Attorney Employment Outlook 2010 and Beyond

• Document Review and E-discovery Jobs
  Zelda Owens, Managing Director, Hire Counsel
  
• Law Firm Associate and In-House Counsel Jobs
  Carmen Grossman, Partner and Global Practice Manager - Associate Practice Group, Major Lindsey & Africa 
  
• Law Firm Partner and General Counsel Jobs
  Janet Markoff, Partner and Leader, NY Practice Group, Major Lindsey & Africa   
  
• Government Jobs
  Andrew Chapin, Director of Public Interest Program, Fordham Law School
  
• Premium Contract Attorney Jobs
  Greg Richter, Global Practice Leader, Inside Edge Legal
  
• Re-entry Attorney Jobs  
  Amy Gewirtz-Mcgahan, Director, New Directions Program, Pace   Law School  

(Recorded February 24, 2010)

Session Two - We Are Our Stories: Small Changes, Big Impacts

Jointly sponsored by the Committee on Lawyers in Transition and the  Senior Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar Association.

• Preparing Our Story  * Why we need to know our stories * The importance of honest self assessment * Creating an inventory of our skills, successes, experience, strengths and limitations
  Rosemary Byrne, J.D., Step-by-Step Coaching LLC
  
• Telling Our Stories * How we are our stories * How our stories can become liabilities * Using our stories in resumes, cover letters and interviews * How to change our stories to have positive impacts 
  Jane Genova,  President of Genova Writing, Coaching and More,  New Haven, CT 
  
• Writing the Next Chapter * Planning the transition journey to our next job, career or our version of retirement * Determining where we want our professional and personal lives to go and the steps we can take to get there 
  Rosemary Byrne, J.D., Step-by-Step Coaching LLC

(Recorded April 1, 2010)

Session Three - Opening Your Own Firm: The Things They Never Told You and What You Forgot To Ask

• Deciding on a Practice and Securing Clients 
• Ethical Issues of Leaving "Big-Law"
• The Business of Law - Nuts and Bolts
• Beyond Billing - Being a Professional and Managing Clients
• Managing Your Life - A Personal Journey

David S. Caplan, Esq., Principal of the Law Offices of David S. Caplan, Chapel Hill,  NC & San Jose, CA, Carlene "CJ" Jadusingh, Esq.,  Principal of the Jadusingh Law Firm, New York,  NY, Willard H. DaSilva, Esq.,  Partner of DaSilva, Hilowitz & McEvily LLP, Garden City, NY, Lori A. Cantwell, Esq.,  Partner of the Cantwell Law Firm, Platzburgh, NY, Marshall R. Isaacs, Esq.,  Attorney at Law, New York, NY

(Recorded May 12, 2010)

Session Four - Community Law Work - You Can Do It Too! - Public Interest Practice - How Individual Attorneys Can Make a Difference in People's Lives

• Learn
  * What Public Interest Law is About
  * How to Build a Community Practice
  * Best Practices for Immigration Law, Employment Law, Elder Law, Family Law, Criminal Law and Landlord Tenant Law
• Panelists discuss
  * Why they decided on public interest work
  * Challenges of doing community law work
  * Rewards and impacts they have made on those in need of legal counsel

Panelists: Fred Rooney, Esq., Director, Community Legal Resource Network (CLRN) & External Relations, CUNY School of Law, Katya Plotnik, Esq.,
Law Office of Katya Plotnik, Delvis Melendez, Esq., Law Offices of Delvis Melendez P.C., Janet-Michelle Cuevas, Esq., MPA, MSW, Anne M. Crawley, Esq., Gabriel R. Munson, Esq., Gabriel R. Munson, P.C.

2010 Career Development Conference at NYSBA's Annual Meeting

Navigating the New Economy: Career Strategies for Lawyers

Leading career and psychology experts discussed how to stay positive and focus on a job search in the current economy.This program was presented at the 2010 New York State Bar Association Annual Meeting Career Development Conference. View the archive of the program online at www.totalwebcasting.com/live/nysbar/lit

Presenters:  Rachel J. Littman, Assistant Dean for Career Development and External Relations Pace Law School,Lauren J. Wachtler, Esq., Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Chair, NYSBA Committee on Lawyers in Transition, Dr. Leslie Seppinni, Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Kelly Hoey, President, 85 Broads, Bruce Blackwell, President, Career Strategies International, Inc., Elena F. Kaspi, JD, MSW, CMC, President and Founder of LawScope Coaching, LLC

(Recorded January 25, 2010) 

2009 Lawyers in Transition Career Development Series - Archived Webcasts

• Interviews: 10 Most Difficult Questions and 10 Best Answers
  Presented by Deb Volberg Pagnotta, CEO, Interfacet, Inc.
  
• Positive Minded Networking: Creating a Gameplan
  Presented by Elena Kaspi, J.D., M.S.W., A.C.C., LawScope Coaching
  
  (Recorded April 22, 2009)

Session Two:

• Comeback Lawyers: Selling Yourself & Using Flexibility as an Asset in a Down Market
  Presented by Debbie Epstein Henry, Founder/President, Flex-Time Lawyers LLC
  
  (Recorded May 14, 2009)

Session Three: 

• Crafting Your Resume for Today’s Market: How to Make Them Want to Meet You
  
• Selling Yourself in the Interview: Listen First Then Speak
  Presented by Chelsea Silverman, Senior Vice President - Director of National Staffing, Strategic Legal Solutions
  
  (Recorded June 3, 2009)

• The Next Wave: A Panel of Lawyers Who Followed Their Passions to Alternative Careers
  Presented by Lisa Montanaro, JD, CPO, Certified Professional Organizer, Business & Life Coach, Motivational Speaker, Owner, LM Organizing Solutions, LLC, Alex Barnett, Comic, New York City, Barbara Raab, B.A., J.D., Senior Newswriter at NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Adjunct Broadcast Professor at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Elena Kaspi, JD, MSW, ACC, Certified Executive Career and Business Coach, President & Founder, LawScope Coaching LLC
  
  (Recorded July 9, 2009)

• Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success
  Presented by Sue Schnorr, President of Training Insights, Inc. and Associate for Contacts Count
  
  (Recorded July 22, 2009)
  

Session Six:

• Social Media Basics for Networking Attorneys and How to Make LawJobs.com Work for You
  Presented by Barbara Beauchamp, NYSBA Web Site Editor, Brenda Estrada, Operations Manager, Lawjobs.com and Joseph Alesci, Helpdesk Coordinator, Lawjobs.com
  
  (Recorded August 14, 2009)

Session Seven:

• Think Small! Learning About and Locating Positions in Small Law Firms
  Presented by Ronald W. Fox, Esq., Career Planning for Lawyers
  
  (Recorded September 16, 2009)

Session Eight:

• Doing Nothing Is Not an Option - NYSBA Lawyer Assistance Program
  Presented by  Larry Zimmerman, Esq., Chair,  NYSBA Lawyer Assistance Committee, Hon. Sallie Krauss, Chair, Brooklyn Bar Association Lawyer Helping Lawyer Committee, Eileen Travis, LSW, Director, New York CityBar Association Lawyer Assistance Program, Patricia Spataro, LMHC, CEAP, Director, NYSBA Lawyer Assistance Program
  
  (Recorded October 15, 2009)

Session Nine:

• SpeedReaching Interviewers:  A Strategic Advantage for Lawyers in Transition
  Presented by Paul D. Tieger, Former Jury Consultant, Author of Do What You Are
  
  (Recorded November 18, 2009)
  
  
  
  

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