Change is the only Constant.

New York City

Feb 1-2, 2027

New York City | Feb 1-2, 2027 |

Navigating Constant Change: Co-Creating the Way Forward

The annual Lawyer Coach Conference is designed to advance the professional development of coaches serving the legal industry. Bringing together a dynamic and highly accomplished community of professionals, the conference is dedicated to elevating coaching as a transformative support modality for lawyers navigating leadership, performance, well-being, and change within the profession.

LCC offers attendees the opportunity to exchange best practices with fellow lawyer coaches, expand their skill sets, sharpen their coaching tools, and engage in meaningful conversations around emerging trends shaping the coaching and legal landscape. From solo practitioners to executive coaches embedded within law firms, corporations, and law schools, the conference fosters connection, collaboration, and innovation.

The conference will kick off with a half-day program focused on developing as a coach, including tools and frameworks you can integrate into your practice. The following day, programming will run all day and will feature a variety of sessions on coaching lawyers and legal professionals around personal, professional, environmental, and organizational change.

Join 300 lawyer coaches and aspiring coaches to expand your community, share success stories (and struggles), and learn from and alongside your peers.

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A look at last year’s conference…

170+

Lawyer Coach Attendees

47 %

Representing Law Firms

41 %

Representing External

25

Speakers

6

108

Organizations

Sessions from 2026…

When the Whole Is Greater: Coaching Teams and Groups in Law Firms

with Dominique Mas and Whittney Beard
From Taylor Swift to James Taylor: Coaching Across Generational Differences

with Deb Riegel and Sophie Riegel
Community Circle: A Peer-to-Peer Exploration

with Leslie Hom and Nancy Berry
Get Unstuck: Unconventional Coaching Tools to Shift Client Perspectives

with Kyle Long, Michelle Nash, Veronica Scarpellino, and Jessie Spressart
The AI-Powered Coach: Real Results and Impact

with Tim Harrison
Coaching Through the AI Panic: What Your Lawyer Clients Really Need Right Now

with Sateesh Nori and Rachael Bosch
Coaching Around Executive Functioning: From Breakdowns to Breakthroughs

with Sarah Alsaidi, Stacy LaMorte, and Mojdeh Pourmahram
Pulling Back the Curtain: A Peek Into Internal Coaching Programs

with Jennifer Rakstad, Dena Paris, and Bess Sully
Community Circle: How Are You 'Being' as a Coach? – The Self-Care We Don't Talk About

with Sarah Olin and Elena Arecco Bridgmon

Featured Speakers for 2027…

Whittney Beard, MCC, is a former BigLaw corporate lawyer who has coached hundreds of partners, associates and business professionals across the AmLaw 200 since 2007. After nearly 20 years coaching individuals within law firms, she is convinced that law firm teams are their own unique kind of client, and that coaching teams in law firms is the next frontier of coaching in the legal industry.

Whittney Beard

Sharon C. Brooks is Founder of Enlighten Leadership and an executive coach, leadership consultant, and former lawyer with over 20 years' experience advising leaders across academia, business, government, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector globally. She was the inaugural Global Executive Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at INSEAD and previously served twice on the senior leadership team at Yale Law School. Sharon holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and a Business Coaching qualification from Meyler Campbell (EMCC).

Sharon Brooks

Sang Lee brings two decades in law practice, executive search, training, coaching, consulting and product development to Volta Talent Strategies and Volta Coach Training, advising AmLaw 200 firms on talent management.

A former capital markets lawyer, judicial clerk and recruiter, Sang is CEO of Volta and an ICF-Accredited Coach (PCC). She launched SJL Attorney Search in 2004 and acquired Shannon & Manch in 2013, rebranding it Volta. She founded the only ICF-accredited lawyer coaching academy and the inaugural LCC, plus Thine and Tandem.

Sang J. Lee

Michelle Nash is Director of Partner & Leadership Development at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, where she leads the design and delivery of partner and leadership development programs, facilitates retreats, and oversees the firm’s coaching strategy. With more than 30 years of legal industry experience, she brings a creative, practical approach to helping lawyers strengthen leadership skills, navigate complexity, and drive lasting behavior change. She is known for blending innovation, structure, and practical application to create engaging learning experiences for law firm leaders.

Michelle Nash

Sarah Olin, PCC is a leading voice in coaching and organizational transformation for working parents and caregivers. With 10,000+ hours of coaching experience, ICF credentials, and training from Dr. Brené Brown, she brings deep expertise to her work. As co-founder of LUMO, she helps progressive companies support employees through working parenthood. Over her
13-year career, she has coached executives at the United Nations, Verizon, NBA, Google, Calvin Klein, and AmLaw 100 law firms. Sarah writes for Fast Company, Nasdaq, and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Sarah Olin

Dr. Patrick Egbunonu is President and Chief AI Officer of Informanos Analytics & AI, where he leads the development of AI-powered tools for leadership, feedback, and organizational performance. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Queen’s University and holds a PhD in Technology focused on AI agents in management. His work explores how AI can extend human coaching, reinforce behavior change, and support leaders between formal coaching conversations without replacing the human relationship at the core of development.

Dr. Patrick Egbunonu

Toya is a certified transformational leadership coach who helps women and professionals of color become their most fulfilled, authentic selves. She holds space honoring each coachee's vision, helping them navigate internalized oppression while centering joy, personal power, and self-compassion. Toya holds a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers and a J.D. from George Washington University Law. She's an ACC-credentialed coach (ICF), with certifications in TypeCoach, Breathwork, EFT, and NLP.1

Toya Gavin

Julia Mercier is the Principal of Mercier Talent Solutions LLC, a consulting firm dedicated to the development of lawyers and law firm leaders. A former litigator with more than a decade leading professional development in global law firms, she coaches partners, practice group leaders, and senior legal professionals. She is the creator of the D.R.I.V.E.™ Framework, the J.U.D.G.E. Model™, and a suite of leadership development programs for law firms. Julia is an NYU-certified executive coach and a frequent speaker on lawyer development.

Julia Mercier

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Upcoming 2027 Sessions

Tuesday, February 2nd 2027

10:45 am - 12:00 pm

Emerging Adulthood: The Missing Lens for Understanding Today's Law Students and Junior Lawyers

by Diana Hortsch and Sophie Riegel

Coaches working with junior lawyers are noticing a pattern. Today's law students and young attorneys often need more support with emotional maturity and regulation than prior cohorts. These capacities underlie real professional readiness. We will introduce Emerging Adulthood (ages 18-28), the developmental stage first identified by psychologist Jeffrey Arnett. We will also cover the compounding factors that have shifted this generation's developmental timeline: digital life, the pandemic, the mental health crisis, and neurodivergence. As a licensed clinical social worker, legal educator, and expert on Gen Z, we will help coaches understand the connection between emotional maturity, development, and workplace readiness. Participants will work in small groups to explore what this connection means for their own coaching practice.

Parental leave is one of the most pivotal transitions in a legal career, with a return to practice defined by continuous change, as professionals navigate evolving ways of working alongside the shifting demands of both their role and a growing child. Despite these challenges, few firms offer structured coaching support. This session provides a behind-the-scenes look at building a parental leave coaching program from initial concept to firmwide launch. We will walk through program design, stakeholder engagement, implementation challenges, and measured impact, with particular focus on how collaboration between a practicing lawyer and a learning and development leader accelerated the program’s success. Attendees will leave with a practical roadmap and key considerations to design and implement similar programs within their own organizations.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

From Idea to Infrastructure: Launching a Parental Leave Coaching Program for Lawyers

by Lindsay Aggarwal, Kathryn Marquez, and Elena Arecco Bridgmon

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

Cultivating Cultural Competence: Identity, Belonging, and the Practice of Coaching Lawyers Through Times of Change

by Sarah Alsaidi, Toya Gavin, and Maja Hazell

Demonstrating cultural competence when coaching lawyers requires more than good intentions. It is cultivated and demonstrated through a working knowledge of identity development, the lived reality of bias and othering, and how imposter syndrome shows up across race, gender, and other intersections of identity. Drawing on racial identity development theory, microaggression research, and current research on belonging in the workplace, this session equips coaches, consultants, and DEI professionals with frameworks to support the development of a culturally competent coaching practice. Presenters bring three vantage points—clinical psychology, former practicing attorney and coach, and law firm DEI leadership—to offer a grounded, practice-ready approach. Attendees will leave with concrete tools for building cultural competence into their coaching practice and organizational strategy alike.

3:45 pm - 4:45 pm

Coaching for Judgment: The Future of Lawyer Development

by Julia Mercier and Jennifer Rakstad

For generations, law firms relied on the work itself to develop lawyers. Exposure, observation, and timely feedback produced judgment over time. AI and hybrid practice have made that assumption unreliable, raising a question for coaches: what deliberately develops judgment when the work alone no longer does? This session introduces Coaching for Judgment and the J.U.D.G.E. Model™, a framework for coaching partners and senior lawyers overseeing work to develop judgment in the lawyers they lead. Co-presenter Jennifer Rakstad, head of White & Case's global Coaching Office, grounds the framework throughout in what firms are experiencing, and how AI is changing practice management, delegation and feedback, and lawyer development. Participants practice one of five structured Coaching Conversations and leave with the complete set, ready for immediate use with partner and senior lawyer clients.

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The Details

Conference Address

Quorum by Convene

1221 Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue)

New York, NY 10020

About the Space

LCC will be held in Midtown NYC at 1221 Avenue of the Americas in the Quorum by Convene space, located between W 48th and W 49th Streets. The conference venue is home to our Platinum Sponsor, White & Case LLP, and is located by Rockefeller Plaza, where many historic New York moments have taken place. It is convenient for anyone in the New York metropolitan area and easily accessible for visitors. The closest subway stop is the 47-50 Streets Rockefeller Center station. For more detailed parking and transportation tips, visit the FAQs page.

There are tons of hotels in the area, and a list of recommended hotels and blocks will be available on the FAQs page.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We expect around 300 lawyer coaches (in-house and independent) to attend. Whether you are a coach at a law firm, embedded in a law school or corporate team, part of a coaching organization, or an independent coach, you are welcome to attend the conference. The audience will consist of aspiring coaches, new coaches, coaches who offer their services “off the side of their desks”, and more experienced coaches (ACC, PCC, and MCC).
You'll connect with fellow lawyer coaches, develop new coaching skills, discover coaching tools, share experiences, and discuss trending topics in coaching and the legal industry. Don't miss the opportunity for community with the incredible lawyer coach community.
We know how important CCE is to coaches as they aim to receive their ACC credential, renew their credential, and progress. We are in the process of becoming CCE-accredited through the ICF to support coaches as they navigate the ICF and their credentials. We will have additional details ahead of the conference, including how many CCE hours the conference will qualify for and other helpful details.
Please get in touch if you're interested in sponsoring the LCC. There are a ton of options available to support and showcase your organization at the event. We would love to feature you and collaborate to find sponsorship opportunities that work for your organization.
Anyone who is a lawyer coach, interested in coaching, or wants to learn about the coaching community is welcome to attend the conference.