Career Coaching For Lawyers Ready To Leave The Legal Profession

For Lawyers Who Know It’s Time to Move On

Those Who Feel Lost, Trapped Or Ready To Move On To Something Else

Career Coaching For The Disenchanted Lawyer

Letting go of being a lawyer is not easy.

Especially when, deep down, you know you’ve had enough.

You feel burnt out, disillusioned, and trapped.

This isn’t just about leaving a job as a lawyer.

It’s about recognising the beginning of the end of your career as a lawyer.

Letting go of your lawyer identity is indeed one of the hardest parts. Indeed many lawyers never retire. They keep practising until the end. The ego attached to being a lawyer is tough to walk away from and understandably so.

It is however OK to feel disillusioned. To want out. To crave something more than what you’re doing right now.

Change is easy to imagine, but harder to execute.

Time invested, cost of legal education, fear of being perceived as a failure, the big drop in salary, the ego hit to your identity - these are all real barriers to you stopping being a lawyer - when you probably should.

If any or all the above sounds like you, and you want to have a chat about leaving the legal profession, reach out to Paul Ippolito here for a chat

A Few Important Things Before We Go Further

We wrote this and designed this coaching program for those who have well and truly had enough of being a lawyer.

So if you are a lawyer practicing and being grossly underpaid or harassed or bullied, having your ethics challenged or simply not being appreciated for whatever effort you make at your firm, then what you probably need is a new job not a new career. That’s a different challenge to saying I have had enough of being a lawyer completely.

To the above I also add - if you’re a first or second-year lawyer and suffering something similarly to the above, please don’t make a call to change careers yet - it is probably too soon. Reach out to me please first and let us have a chat. It’s more likely to be imposter syndrome or a bad employer fit, not a wrong profession or for that matter you!

This coaching program we are promoting here instead is for the lawyer who knows, deep down, they no longer want to practise law.

You no longer feel like a lawyer.

You no longer want to be one.

And that feeling isn’t going away.

If the sense that you don’t belong in the legal profession has been with you day after day, week after week, year after year - then it’s time to start planning your way out.

Notice I did not say quit your lawyer job. Not just yet please.

The reality is you’ve probably changed over time. Your values have also probably shifted. That is fine.

What matters now is different from when you began as a lawyer.

And again that’s perfectly OK.

You are not a failure. You are just probably not a lawyer anymore.

So now what?

You Are Not Starting From Scratch

There are many ways of transitioning out of law.

Fortunately, unemployment does not have to be one of them.

Many lawyers have moved into successful careers into law enforcement, government, politics, coaching, consulting, legal education, legal tech, policy, management as well as business and beyond. Some have turned side hustles and projects they were running as lawyers into alternative new careers.

You are also probably underestimating what you bring to your new career.

Advocacy and negotiation skills, commercial and pragmatic thinking, endurance, tenacity and resilience, attuned analytical skills and sharpened emotional intelligence - these are all transferable as well as transportable assets that can carry you forward into your new career, and things that will be valued by your new employers and clients.

Your law degree and lawyering career are not wasted.

They are a just solid base to leverage off for what comes next.

What This Coaching Program Offers

This is not about quitting your lawyer job overnight and scrambling to work out what’s next.

We strongly suggest you do not do this.

It’s about considered process of transition.

It is about thinking things out with us, exploring your options, planning your next steps, and preparing to make the move while still practising.

Yes, it takes a bit of time.

But that time buys you clarity, stability, and a future you actually want.

And it also pays the bills in the meantime.

Who This Program Is For

• those who feel disillusioned, burnt out, or stuck in the profession.
• those who know, deep down, that practising law no longer fits.
• those who’ve been thinking about leaving for months or even years.
• those who want to explore other career paths but feel overwhelmed.
• those who want to plan their exit with clarity and confidence.

Why Work With Lawyer Coach Paul Ippolito?

Paul Ippolito brings decades of diverse experience in roles such as a lawyer, manager, business owner, legal educator, and coach. He still does all these things.

His approach is practical, strategic, and rooted in lived experience.

He also brings a legal futurist's insight into what’s possible beyond the traditional path.

Based in Sydney and available globally via Zoom, Paul supports lawyers with clear, results-focused coaching tailored to where you are and where you want to go.

What We Can Help You With

• Knowing when it’s time to leave and building the confidence to act
• Shifting your mindset from your legal identity to broader possibilities
• Exploring your options and turning them into an actionable plan
• Creating a longer-term career direction that suits who you are now
• Planning your transition from full-time legal practice without financial collapse
• Managing the gap when you take the leap of faith, including how to help feed yourself as your income changes
• Promoting your availability to your personal and professional networks
• Updating your CV and LinkedIn profile to reflect where you’re heading
• Redesigning your lifestyle to support your new direction

Our Flexible Coaching Options

Sessions are available both virtual or in-person.

For pricing and availability, please get in touch.

To ensure personalised guidance and high-quality service, Paul only works with a select number of lawyer clients at any one time.

Ready To Take Action?

Reach out to Paul now for a chat about leveraging your legal career into something new.