Solicitors and Barristers Looking for a Career Change

Are you unsettled in your legal career?

Do you want to move to an in-house legal role?

Would you like to change specialisms?

Are you thinking of a complete change in career direction?

Would you like to get a new career?

CareerBalance consultants have assisted hundreds of junior lawyers since we were established in 2001.

For solicitors in private practice, the route to partnership is becoming longer and more demanding. There is a constant pressure to earn fees, develop new business and to meet the increasing expectations of less loyal clients.

Junior barristers are finding the Chambers model outdated.  Increasing competition and government cuts to legal aid expenditure, means that the Bar has become a less appealing less secure career choice.  

You have worked hard to qualify and build your skills and expertise.

Any change in career direction needs to be carefully thought through.

Your earnings, career mobility and job security are still better than many other occupations.  We help you to make the right career decisions, giving you objective feedback on the options open to you, identifying specific roles for you to consider. We also support you to find a new opportunities which match what you are seeking.

We’ll see you first for a Career Options & Job Search Consultation. After your consultation we’ll send you a written summary of our recommendations, plus a programme of further support to consider.

Your career planning & job search programme will include some or all of the following:.

• Full review of your strengths, values, career needs and goals:
• Psychometric profiling to indicate new career alternatives;
• Specific roles and organisations for you to consider - inside and outside the law;
• Improving or re-writing your CV ;
• Coaching for interviews
• Making your job-hunting really effective;
• Job market research to uncover opportunities in the ‘hidden’ job market;
• Selecting and getting the best from recruitment consultants;
• Negotiating the best reward package.

Legal Career Coach

Simon Broomer LLB is a qualified solicitor and leads our legal career team. Simon holds a postgraduate qualification in Career Management & Career Counselling from the University of London.

Our Clients

Our clients range from newly qualified solicitors and barristers to senior partners and silks. We also work with HR, training and marketing professionals in law firms.

We give our view on changing legal specialisms in the Law Gazette

Simon Broomer LLB, Managing Director at CareerBalance Ltd advises barristers and solicitors on Changing Career Direction (Law Gazette, April 2011)

Our clients come from all the leading UK firms of solicitors and barristers’ chambers, inside and outside London.   

Berwin Leighton Paisner	Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer	Hogan Lovells
Linklaters	Norton Rose	SJ Berwin
Speechly Bircham	Glass Consultancy	Thomas Eggar
Herbert Smith	Lewis Silkin	Clifford Chance
Allen & Overy	Sidley Austin