ASSOCIATE ENGAGEMENT, REDESIGNED
Associate disengagement is expensive. And (mostly) preventable.
Our seminars, coaching, and videos proactively embed the habits and mindsets associates need to sustain performance in large firms.
20 minutes. No pitch deck. Just practical ideas for your associates.
THE REALITY
Disengagement is the biggest risk to your firm’s biggest investment.
Associate disengagement starts quietly, often as a byproduct of skepticism, fear of failure, unrealistic expectations, or burnout. Before long, it shows up loudly: as missed billable targets, redistributed workloads, and turnover.
But it is not inevitable. The right frameworks and habits, taught early, can help associates stop those mental blocks from taking over.
That’s what we do.
WHAT WE OFFER
We give your associates the tools they need, before they need them.
Resilient associates can handle setbacks, manage heavy workloads, find positives, and absorb negative feedback.
These habits are rarely innate, but they are learnable. We teach them in three formats.
01
Engaging Seminars
Interactive in-person or virtual sessions that give associates practical tools for managing workload, building resilience, and sustaining engagement.
02
Coaching
One-on-one or small-group coaching that turns shared frameworks into personal practice and sustainable habit formation.
03
On-Demand Video
Twelve 5-minute modules grounded in positive psychology and resilience research, watchable on any device.
Modular by design. Start with one. Build from there.
MEET THE FOUNDER
David Selesnick
Former BigLaw litigator. Certified Executive Coach. JD/MBA.
David founded LawyerWise to fill a gap he experienced firsthand. As a litigation associate at Shearman & Sterling, and through friends and colleagues at firms in both the U.S. and Canada, he saw the toll that disengagement and early turnover could take on both associates and firms. He realized there was an industry-wide lack of resources designed to help associates proactively build resilience and connection before they start to disengage.
LawyerWise was created to close that gap. We combine David’s first-hand associate experience with science-backed tools from executive coaching and positive psychology to give associates the resilience training he wishes he'd received more of when he was an associate.
JD, Osgoode Hall Law School · MBA, Schulich School of Business · New York Bar · Law Society of Ontario · Certified Executive Coach, Center for Executive Coaching
A COMMON QUESTION
How is this different from the wellness programs we’ve already tried?
Many well-intentioned programs are either too reactive, too generic, too impractical, or too incongruent with the realities of associate life. Busy associates don’t want to hear that they should sleep more, eat healthier, or need a performance plan.
Instead, our programs are proactive, evidence-based, action-oriented, and built specifically for realities of large-firm practice by someone who has lived them. We know associate time is valuable, and our programs are designed to give every associate concrete, actionable steps to become more resilient and engaged.
More questions answered in the FAQ on the Programs page →
DISCOVERY CALL
20 minutes now to save hours later.
A short conversation about your associates: what’s working, what’s not, and whether we can help. No commitment, no pitch.
Or just email david@lawyerwise.ca and we’ll be in touch.