May 2009

 

Retirement or Redirection: The Promises & Pitfalls of Transitioning

 

Co-Sponsored by Transitions Committee of the Colorado Bar Association

 

This program is also available via webcast! To register for the WEBCAST please use the following link:http://www.cobar.org/calendar/eventdetail.cfm?EventID=GP050709PMW

 

 

No CLE Credits Applied For - PARTICIPATION IN THIS SEMINAR IS CONFIDENTIAL. By enrolling you agree to respect the privacy of other attendees. Colorado Bar Association CLE does not release registrant information.

 

 

Program Highlights

 

- Anticipations of People Nearing Retirement

- Financial Concerns Nearing Retirement

- Pre-Retirement Issues

- How to Ethically Close a Practice

- Issues to Consider Shortly Before Retirement

- Issues After Retirement

 

 

Program Description

 

Often, when lawyers move through their fifties, they start to think about retirement--either with anticipation or fear.  Do you want to retire or continue to work?  Do you have to continue to work? How do you fill up your time if you don't work?  How do you stay relevant and stimulated?  This seminar will get you to think about the many issues surrounding retirement and help you plan for your smooth transition, whether it be to continue in the world of work or to move to some other method for spending your time.

 

Join us in May for a frank and honest discussion of your transition options!

 

 

Agenda

 

1:15 – 1:45 p.m.

Registration

 

1:45 – 3:15 p.m.

Anticipations of People Nearing Retirement

- The population in general

- Lawyers–work, volunteer or both and at what age

 

Financial Concerns Nearing Retirement

- Long term needs–health, expenses, no new income

- Social Security concerns

- Can't afford to retire

 

Pre-Retirement Issues

- Consider financial issues

- Use Social Security calculators

- Plan how to use expertise and also figure out leisure

 

How to Ethically Close a Practice

- Methods and techniques

- Considerations to avoid conflicts and not to burn bridges

- Check with State Bar

 

3:15 – 3:30 p.m.

Break

 

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Issues to Consider Shortly Before Retirement

- Loss of camaraderie

- Loss of identity

- What to do with free time?

 

Issues After Retirement

- How to keep intellectually stimulated and feel responsible

- How to deal with loss of structure

- Do you still want to stay in world of work–by choice or necessity?

- Ways to fill up your day:  legal work, volunteering or leisure

 

5:00 p.m.

Adjourn

 

 

Faculty

 

Hindi Greenberg, the President of Lawyers in Transition, received her undergraduate degree in English literature and studio art from the University of Minnesota before graduating in the top ten percent of her class from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco in 1974.She then clerked for two years for a Superior Court in California and the Chief Justice of the High Court of American Samoa. She was then a business litigator for eight years at one of the largest San Francisco law firms, in a small San Francisco law firm, and in a corporation. From 1985 to 1991, while running Lawyers in Transition, she also worked for various law firms as an independent contractor. Hindi formed Lawyers in Transition in 1985 in San Francisco to provide information and resources to help law students and attorneys identify and move forward into new career choices both in and outside law and to assist law firms to retain the best associates. Lawyers in Transition also works with law firms and corporate legal departments to assist them in "outplacing" their departing lawyers. Lawyers in Transition has assisted more than 15,000 lawyers nationwide.

 

As the president of Lawyers in Transition, Ms. Greenberg is nationally known for her experience on the topic of attorney career (dis)satisfaction and options. She consults nationally with individual attorneys and law firms, and writes articles on lawyer dissatisfaction, career satisfaction solutions and career options. Ms. Greenberg has had numerous articles on career satisfaction and options published in legal newspapers, including many major legal papers in the country, as well as in bar association magazines and business newspapers. She is the author of the highly acclaimed book, The Lawyer's Career Change Handbook, published by HarperCollins.

 

 

Video Replays: May 28, 2009

Denver: CLE Classroom, 1900 Grant Street, Suite 300

Grand Junction: 1250 East Sherwood Drive

Colorado Springs: 421 South Tejon Street, Suite 100