Mentoring For Sole Practitioner Lawyers

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23 Oct

Career Development Mentoring For Solo Solicitors With Coach For Lawyers Paul Ippolito

True transformation takes time.

This mentoring program with our coach for lawyers Paul Ippolito as your professional mentor is for solo lawyers and provides practical advice, guidance, and personal support on an ongoing basis with you choosing the term.

It’s designed to help you work through key challenges with Paul as your sounding board and trusted advisor.

This longer-term approach of mentoring rather than specific coaching allows for real progress, deeper conversations, and ongoing support for sole practitioner solicitors.

What Can We Cover?

We’ll cover whatever matters most to you in your solo lawyer legal career.

Some examples include:

starting your own law firm
growing your law firm
developing a niche area of law
dealing with support staff
societal and legal trends in the profession
networking
branding and selling yourself
achieving a better work life balance
dealing with imposter syndrome
increasing your profitability
being a better solo lawyer

About Paul Ippolito

Paul Ippolito brings over 40 years of experience in roles as diverse as a lawyer, advisor, coach, academic, manager, speaker, and business owner.

He’s worked across public and private sectors and mentored through organisations like The Law Society of NSW, The College of Law, and industry groups.

He holds degrees in arts, policy and law and has taught legal education for over 15 years as well as management.

Paul still works actively across multiple roles, bringing a real-world perspective to every session.

He is himself a sole practitioner lawyer and principal of a small law firm.

What Others Say

“I found Paul’s small business mentoring to be incredibly useful to me and my business. Paul has extensive knowledge in business and his ability to help me navigate changes in my own business was incredibly valuable. I would recommend Paul’s service to anyone considering seeking help from a business professional.”

“Paul was my mentor during 2019 as part of the Law Society NSW mentoring program for women. It was the first time that I had embarked on anything like this and Paul put me at ease and made the process productive, informative, relaxed and enjoyable. Paul provided constructive suggestions in relation to relatively 'small' actions, which were therefore easily achieved. Achieving many small goals elevated my confidence both at work and in general. Paul is able to understand that raising confidence enables the achievement of much larger goals. Paul is very committed in his role as mentor. He travelled into town for meetings and took time out of an overseas holiday to read through a lengthy application and provide advice on my accompanying resume. He is knowledgeable in his role as mentor as well as the law in general and the legal industry.”

“Paul is a great mentor and an experienced lawyer and businessman. He is very easy to talk to, listens without judgment, goes out of his way to be available when needed and provides carefully considered hints, tips and guidance. It was great working with you Paul!”