Certified Legal Coach Training For Legal Professionals

Originally developed as a live, interactive 12-hour training program run over the course of a single weekend through the Legal Coaches Association, this recorded on-demand Certified Legal Coach training program is for those busy legal professionals interested in learning how to build a business to offer affordable legal coaching to self-represented clients! Learn the tools of positive psychology as you partner with your clients in regularly scheduled coaching sessions as they move through their legal matter. Build trust and empower your client while enjoying a satisfying career with a steady stream of income. Join others as we disrupt the legal industry and introduce legal coaching as an affordable limited legal service!

Legal coaching is an innovative practice model that is a type of limited legal service. It involves a trained legal professional working in partnership with the client to provide guidance and mentorship on tools and strategies needed for the client to manage their legal issue. It involves an ongoing relationship for the duration of the client’s matter and involves the client performing the work under the guidance and support of a legal coach. In this program, you will explore the intersection between law and technology, while developing new skills to deliver affordable legal coaching services to clients.

The modules and resources provided will cover:

Module 1: Introduction to CLC Training
Module 2: Access to Justice
Module 3: Self-Represented Litigants
Module 4: Positive Psychology
Module 5: Coaching Tools
Module 6: Setting Up A Coaching Practice
Module 7: Mitigating Risks & Next Steps

The initial modules and sessions will focus on WHO – really understanding the needs of the middle class who are facing everyday legal problems! This untapped market is currently seeking limited legal services to help guide and support them as they manage their own legal work. Knowing your client, their pain points, and what they are willing to pay for limited legal services services will lay the foundation for the rest of the program. You will begin building your own legal coaching plan by clearly defining who your target market is, and by describing your ideal client.

Next, the modules and sessions focus on the science of positive psychology and tools of coaching to motivate and empower clients. This is all about WHAT legal coaching is (and isn’t)! You will build a tool box of techniques designed to assist you as you begin coaching your clients.

The last module and sessions are about HOW – more specifically, how you will be setting up an inexpensive business model as a legal coach that will allow you to operate anywhere, efficiently. Using off-the-shelf technology options and effective marketing strategies, you will learn how to increase awareness of legal coaching services, while building your personal brand. We have helped many lawyers and paralegals transition into legal coaching – some going on to developing their own solo coaching practice, while others incorporate legal coaching as a new service within an existing practice. Those that complete this CLC training program may request to write a short quiz, and apply to be a member of the Legal Coaches Association, whose mission is to build awareness of legal coaching internationally! The current requirements for admission as a Certified Legal Coach to this non-profit are found on the Legal Coaches Association website.

Self-care is important for your clients as they navigate their legal journey – but equally important for those providing legal services! The rise of mental health illnesses and troubling news of drug and alcohol abuse in the profession is of importance to the Legal Coaches Association and its members – and this training program includes several sessions to remind you to take care of your mind and body!

Please note that the recorded modules are divided into easy-to-follow sessions, some including worksheets that you will use to plan your own legal coaching practice.

The CLC training has been operating since 2020 and has received excellent feedback from legal professionals who want to have a way to deliver legal services remotely and more flexibility in their scheduling and income streams; it has been approved in several jurisdications for CPD and CLE credits.

PLEASE NOTE: The Legal Coaches Association is a trade association of lawyers and paralegals who offer legal coaching – it is not a regulator of legal services. Always check with state or provincial regulators of legal services to ensure that you are able to offer legal coaching in your area, or whether you will require special permission through a sandbox or pilot project.

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“I thoroughly enjoyed the course. Your presentation was so comfortable and easy to understand. It was very apparent how passionate you are about this…. I am tired of the pressure of billable hours and targets. I need something that fits my philosophy and I believe this is it. I am so excited about heading out on the coaching path. “

“Thank you again for this awesome training session and for openly sharing your experience of running the business. It was an absolutely rewarding learning experience – very informative and enlightening!”

“Thank you so much for the excellent course. I enjoyed the format and the information was very useful.”

“Thank you again for all of the information, ideas, and encouragement! Looking forward to connecting with other Legal Coaches and getting our profession off the ground and part of the legal process moving forward.”

“Thanks so much! I really enjoyed the course. It answered a lot of questions I had once I found out legal coaching was something that was available to paralegals. I knew I had the tools to be a legal coach but I didn’t really know how to broaden the scope of what I could offer or how to even do it. You’ve put together a solid program.”

“Thank you so much for the fantastic 3-day session! I am so glad and feel very fortunate that I have had the opportunity to participate in the Certified Legal Coach Training this early in my career as I am relaunching back into the practice. It sure provided me with lots to think about and learn further along the way as I prepare myself into the business of legal coaching. “

This course was amazing, and it definitely opened my eyes to what kinds of
opportunities are out there in our industry and how I can mold my career.

The training was very well executed. I liked the content and the format – very informative and at the same time allowing space for personal style development.

I can’t tell you how much I appreciated your course today…. SO MUCH of what of you said I wanted to shout, YES! AMEN! Preachin’ to the choir!!

“I wanted to take a moment to thank you for the CLC course. It was very valuable and I loved every single minute of it. I learned a lot. I am very excited to launch my full practice. I may want to hire you as a career coach to get this launched.”

The legal coach training program has been a fantastic experience. I highly recommend this program to every lawyer as many of the principles in the program can be applied to virtually every aspect of our practice as legal professionals helping individuals achieve justice.

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