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to contact one or more of the individuals on this list, click on
the link below each profile. Our list
is constantly growing. So, if you don’t find a resource close
to you, . We’ll do our best to seek out additional resources:
Name – Ron Fox, LLB & Mark
Byers, PhD
Title – Legal career counseling
Location – Boston
Services – Support and guidance for lawyers living in New England
or New York. Telephone consultation is also available.
Background – Clients work with both a counseling/vocational psychologist
specializing in professional and personal development issues in the
legal profession, and with his partner, a former career planning professional
from Harvard Law School. Both men are have JD’s from Harvard,
and both have nearly 20 years experience providing career guidance
to lawyers and law students on career satisfaction inside and outside
the profession.
Contact –
Name – Steve Seckler, JD
Title – Legal recruiter and attorney coach
Location – Boston
Services – Coaches clients at all stages in their legal careers,
particularly those who are in the midst of a significant career transition
(e.g. associates or partners who are starting at a new firm and want
help in making the move a success; associates who are trying to make
the shift to partner; and associates or partners who are planning
an exit strategy from the firm they’re in). Works in person
and by phone, though prefers to meet coaching clients in person whenever
possible.
Background – Graduate of Northeastern University School of
Law. Eight years experience creating professional development seminars
for a leading CLE organization, and seven years experience recruiting
and coaching lawyers in the Massachusetts legal community.
Contact – www.CounseltoCounsel.com
Name – Johnson O’Connor
Research Foundation
Title – Aptitude testing center
Location – Boston
Services – Helps professionals identify their natural strengths,
and directs them to careers that will use those abilities. Through
testing, lawyers unhappy in their work can find a new direction,
whether by switching practice areas, using their JD in a different
capacity, or by switching fields altogether. It can also identify
why their current job is not a good fit.
Background – The nation’s oldest center for the study
of human aptitudes. The organization believes that true job satisfaction
depends upon using those aptitudes (or natural talents and skills)
with which you were born. Testing at one of 11 US locations (see
below for others) takes a day and a half and yields a useful and
individualized job profile and post-test consulting. Fee includes
free follow-up for the first year.
Contact – www.jocrf.org
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