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Amy Sladczyk Hancock serves as Director of Professional Development for Andrews Kurth. She plans, designs and implements all Attorney Professional Development, Training, Continuing Legal Education, Orientation, Integration and Mentoring programs and identifies associate concerns relating to development, compensation, quality-of-life, work and other employment-related issues. Working closely with firm leadership, Practice Group Coordinators and the firm’s Associates, Women’s Initiatives, Diversity and Recruiting Committees, Amy also acts as an "ombudsman" for Associates, raising associate-related issues with firm management and when necessary, acting as an anonymous communication link for them. She is also available to address issues for new attorneys as they make the transition from law student to law practitioner at the firm and integrate into the legal arena in general.
During law school, Amy was the Public Relations and Judging Director of the Board of Advocates, sat on the Career Services and Trial Advocacy Faculty-Selected Committees, was an elected member of the Student Bar Association, a national mock trial participant and winner, a Texas Law Fellowship recipient, and served as Law Day Coordinator for the Student Recruitment and Orientation Committee.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
Previous Manager and Director of Professional Development at two international Texas-based law firms
Director of Admissions and Career Counselor/Placement Coordinator at The University of Texas School of Law
Associate Director of Attorney Recruiting for a national legal placement firm based in Houston
ARTICLES / PUBLICATIONS
"Professional Development Programs As Formidable Recruiting and Retention Tools" (with Martha L. Smith), Law Firm Partnership & Benefits Report, 2007
Becoming an Expert in the PD Profession, National Association of Law Placement Bulletin, 2006
What Firms Can Do To Help Associates Take Responsibility For Their Careers, National Association of Law Placement Bulletin, 2004
"Taking the Lead in Professional Development in Your Firm," Best Practices in Attorney Professional Development, Heading Off and Handling Wrong Turns, Presented by the American Bar Association Career Resources Center in Cooperation with the Professional Development Consortium, 2004
BRIEFINGS, SEMINARS & SPEECHES
Let’s Keep In Touch: Successfully Managing an Employer Alumni Program, NALP Annual Conference (April 2007)
Best Practices Forum Panel: Working behind the Scenes to Achieve Your Professional Development Agenda, Professional Development Institute, Washington, DC (December 2006)
It Takes a Village: Professional Development Marketing as a Firm wide Project, Professional Development Institute, Washington, DC (December 2005)
Business Etiquette 101, The University of Texas School of Law (September 2005)
Taking Responsibility for Your Own Professional Career Development, Council on Legal Education Opportunity/ABA Council on Racial and Ethnic Justice, 2005 Mid-Summer Professional Development Seminar, Detroit (June 2005)
What Law Firms Can Do To Help Associates Take Control of Their Careers, NALP Annual Conference, Chicago (April 2005)
PD 101 - How To Jumpstart Your PD Program, NALP Annual Conference, Chicago (April 2005)
The Building Blocks for Curriculum Development, Professional Development Institute, Washington, DC (December 2004)
Networking Your Way to a Job, The University of Texas School of Law (October 2002)
What Is Professional Development and Why Do Attorneys Need It? NALP End-of-Season-Series, Dallas, Texas (Spring 2002)
Ace Your Interview, The University of Texas School of Law (January 2002)
PROFESSIONAL / CIVIC AFFILIATIONS
Houston Bar Association
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Texas Bar Association
Texas Professional Development Group - Founding Member
The Texas Ex's, Houston Chapter Texas Young Lawyers Association
America Law Institute/American Bar Association
Association of Continuing Legal Education of America
Association of Women Attorneys
National Association for Legal Career Professionals Chair (2004-2005), Vice-Chair (2001- 2003) Attorney Development Committee, Speaker/Presenter, Articles Contributor, Member of the Annual Conference Planning Committee (2002)
Professional Development Consortium - Board Member Elect (2006-2008), Speaker/Presenter, Member of the Texas PDC Conferences Planning Committees (2006, 2004)
Professional Development Institute - Speaker/Presenter, Member of the Planning Committee (2004)
Dress for Success Houston - The Women of Wardrobe Steering Committee Founding Member, President of the Executive Board (2004-2005). Young Professional's Auxiliary branch supporting Dress for Success.
The Junior League of Houston - Active Member
Placements include: Charity Ball Decorating Committee Memorial Hermann Hospital (Emergency & Critical Care Waiting Room Advocate) LBJ Hospital (Bedside Educator); AIDS Foundation Houston (Camp Hug Counselor)
Young Texans Against Cancer
Other
Marathon Participant (Rock ‘N Roll Marathon, San Diego, California) Leukemia, Lymphoma & Myeloma Society of America, 2000
Mission Russia Outreach Orphanage visits in St. Petersburg, Russia, 2001 |
