Restart, Recharge or Reinvent Your Legal Career on Your Own Terms: Washington, D.C. – September 29, 2009
June 3, 2009 | No Comments | In-Person Events
Restart, Recharge or Reinvent Your Legal Career On Your Own Terms
Next Event: Washington, D.C. – September 29, 2009
Presented by: Carolyn Elefant, Esq., author of Solo By Choice and the blog, MyShingle, and Julie Tower-Pierce, Esq., author of Staying at Home, Staying in the Law: A Guide to Remaining Active in the Legal Profession While Pursuing Your Dreams and the blog, Darling Hill.
A can’t miss event for lawyers who are:
- laid off or between jobs
- on a career detour
- “former/ex/recovering” lawyers contemplating re-entry
- (too!) busy raising a family or “staying at home”
- dreaming about hanging their own shingle
- feeling stuck in the law
- looking to connect with other “offramp” lawyers
- wanting to invigorate their careers or reinvent their practices
- doubting whether work/life balance exists or hoping to find balance
- law students planning for the future
- can’t find work in today’s legal economy
Carolyn Elefant, Esq. at PinkSlips - Washington, D.C. April 2009
Program Schedule:
10:00 a.m. Registration
10:15 a.m. Welcome & Opening Remarks: State of the Law Address
10:30 a.m. Getting Back to the Law or Keeping Your Foot in the Law
Topics covered:
- What off-ramped lawyers need to do to stay marketable while on a career detour or between jobs, whether or not they plan to return to the law in the near future
- Reentry strategies for reconnecting to the law after a career detour
- Strategies for getting your legal groove back
- Strategies for building your brand
- Simple, effective job search strategies
- Finding and creating flexible work (e.g., jobshares, part-time work)
11:45 a.m. Hanging a Shingle on Your Own Terms: The Flexibility of Going Solo
Topics covered:
- Using Technology and Social Networks to restart, recharge, and reinvent your career
- Why a part-time or “slash” practice can be desirable and doable
- Launch 101 – inexpensive and easy strategies to get a practice up and running
1:00 p.m. Hands-On Workshop: Social Networks and Technology 101 & Networking
Why attend the Pinkslips, Detours & OnRamps Event:
- Connect with local lawyers who know what you’re going through (e.g., “mommy guilt”, work/life balance issues, career stress)
- Build and enhance your legal network
- Discover how to build your own brand and enhance marketability
- Learn strategies for creating the work/life balance you dream about
- Find out strategies for finding flexible, meaningful part-time work and how to go solo flexibly
- Familiarize yourself with the latest Web 2.0 technologies for time management, road warrior’ing and building professional and personal connections.
- Discover how to best use your time “between” jobs
- A “no excuse” event: casual attire, bring your baby
- Convenient and affordable alternative to the costs of alternative on-ramp or coaching programs
*MCLE credit approval pending.
Registration: Opens in Late August
