I'll provide you with proven approaches for creating successful interviews specific to lawyers at every level. Acquire detailed information about attorney careers and the legal market and proven interview coaching strategies to convey the substantive information and personal strengths your interviewers seek.
No "perfect answers to questions" - so prevalent in books and commercial coaching. You'll learn to create collaborative conversations for each interview and at every experience level, highlighting your relevant strengths impactfully, and conveyed with the voice of authenticity. Receive the best offers from the law firms and companies you want to join!
MY GOAL IS TO EDUCATE AND SUPPORT YOU AS YOU DEVELOP POWERFUL INTERVIEWING SKILLS WHICH WILL LEAD YOU TO SUCCESS.
During law school, upon graduation, and as a junior associate, your interviewers will seek insight into your personality, character, and relevant skills to determine your "fit" for their distinctive needs and culture. Our work will prepare you to demonstrate how your academic accomplishments, life choices, personality, and professional experience will meet their challenges required for success.
With the abundant information gained from our conversations, you’ll learn how to craft examples of your experience framed in simple but important structures. The concise, pointed and relevant examples of your experience will leave memorable impressions, and set you apart as the unique candidate which you are.
At your level, you can influence commonly traditional question-answer interviews to help lead the interview toward subjects you'd like to cover and questions you'll need answered to decide next steps. Significantly, we’ll examine specific interview devices that will demonstrate the strength of your experience and the value you would bring to your potential employers.
Interviews at your level are increasingly investigative for you and the potential employers you'll speak with. We discuss approaches to common interview questions, particularly those you feel concerned with, and questions that will be more nuanced. And, we'll discuss how each question is an opportunity for you to showcase experience and other assets you would bring.
Significantly, you can influence the traditional question-answer interview format to help lead the interview toward subjects you'd like to cover and questions you'll want to have answered to decide your next steps. We’ll examine specific approaches that will help you gather additional, often sensitive information.
It has taken years to have gained the depth of experience you have and the trust of your employer and your clients - all needed to have reached partnership. If you're with a law firm, you've likely built a book of business requiring essential interpersonal and marketing skills. You present to clients and participate in forums and other industry events. Perhaps you've published. You support and manage attorneys.
You've reached the metrics your firm looks to for promotion to equity partnership and for equity partners to move further on in the firm's ranks. You've worked tirelessly. You've sacrificed. You've sharpened your intellect. You've developed essential relationships within your firm. You've matured on many levels and reached significant goals you've set for yourself.
We'll work toward clarifying them, and I'll share important industry information based on my experience to help you make the most informed decisions.
The least understood and discussed between coach and lawyer, recruiter and candidate, is what marketing means within interview conversations. Framing your questions and gathering information is a distinct art form. You may have mastered it in the context of – as an example – pitches to clients. I'll help you to acquire and sharpen powerful techniques to help drive conversations in meaningful ways.
Together, let’s define what your current career trajectory looks like, and how to best align it with your vision.
Karen Berkley
Premier Lawyer Coach
16 East 40th St., 4th Fl.
New York, NY 10016
T: (212) 874-2003
kberkley@berkleysearch.com
