the sharper lawyer

Name

the sharper lawyer

Legal name

The Sharper Lawyer

Website

https://thesharperlawyer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Attorney Coaching and Continuing Legal Education

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Legal & Compliance (CLE, Paralegal CE) (EDAAALAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Law School Continuing Legal Education (CLE) & Executive Programs (EDAHAIAH), Sales, Customer Service & Soft Skills Training (BPACANAD)

Keywords

• Attorney coaching services
• Continuing legal education
• Law firm practice management
• Legal business development
• Law firm business coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Attorney Coaching Services: One-on-one coaching for attorneys seeking to generate additional revenue for their law firms. Services include business development coaching, practice management guidance, and professional development. Offered through various packages.
2. CLE Program Delivery: Continuing Legal Education programs accredited in multiple states. Programs include simulive and on-demand formats. Topics cover ethics, business development, practice management, and financial planning for attorneys.
3. Speaking Engagements: Keynote and session presentations at bar associations, legal conferences, and private seminars. Delivered approximately 200 live presentations over 25 years to ABA and state bar associations.
4. Book Publishing: Author royalties from The Lawyer's Guide to Financial Planning published by ABA Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division. Also contributor to How to Capture and Keep Clients and Effectively Staffing Your Law Firm.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Sharper Lawyer provides personalized business-development coaching and practice-management training for solo and small-firm attorneys. It also delivers accredited continuing legal education in simulive and on-demand formats and offers speaking and training to law firms, bar associations, and legal organizations.

Product overview

The Sharper Lawyer is a professional services company offering a portfolio of coaching, education, and content products for solo and small firm attorneys. The core offerings include Attorney Coaching Programs (personalized coaching with self-assessment tools and structured packages) and Accredited CLE Programs (offered as Simulive and On Demand formats). Supporting products include Speaking and Training Services, the published book 'The Lawyer's Guide to Financial Planning', Cindy's Podcasts on Solo Practice University, the Annual Vision Builder workbook, and a blog with articles on practice management, ethics, and business development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Attorney Coaching Programs Personalized coaching for solo and small-firm attorneys seeking additional revenue, improved practice management, and stronger business-development skills, delivered through one-on-one coaching, self-assessment tools, and structured programs.
• Accredited CLE Programs Accredited continuing legal education courses for attorneys, offered in simulive rebroadcast and on-demand formats on business development, ethics, client relationships, financial planning, and practice management.
• Speaking and Training Services Professional speaking and training services for law firms, bar associations, legal conferences, and private seminars, covering business development, practice management, ethics, and marketing.
• The Lawyer's Guide to Financial Planning A published book for lawyers and other professionals that provides practical guidance on essential financial and tax concepts, financial literacy, and personal financial planning.
• Annual Vision Builder Workbook A downloadable Excel workbook that attorneys use with instructions to set, assess, and track annual business and practice-development goals.

Quantifiable outcome

• Close to 200 live presentations delivered over 25 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• Association of Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 July 2012Active member and exhibitor at ACLEA Annual Meetings (third consecutive meeting exhibited as of 2012). Association of CLE professionals focused on improving continuing legal education quality and delivery.
• Solo Practice UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPodcast hosting partnership featuring Cynthia Sharp's guest lectures on client relationship mastery and business development topics for solo practitioners. Podcast content provides educational value and extends reach to the solo practice community.
• American Bar AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing relationship delivering approximately 200 presentations over 25 years for various ABA divisions including Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division. Board positions held on GP Solo and eReport Boards (2017/18). Contributor to ABA book publications.
• State Bar Associations (10 states)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpeaking partnerships with 10 state bar associations for CLE programming delivery. Examples include New Jersey ICLE, Missouri Bar, Indiana Solo Small Firm Conference.
• National Speakers Association (Philadelphia Chapter)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCynthia Sharp served as President of Philadelphia Chapter (June 2015) and Dean of Speakers Academy (subsequent year). Active member contributing to professional development of speaking colleagues.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lawyerist: Lawyerist is a media and consulting company serving solo and small-firm attorneys with practice management content, podcasts, and a legal-tech directory. It is a direct peer because it competes for the same attorney audience with practice-management guidance, CLE-adjacent content, and community-led thought leadership.
• Attorney at Work: Attorney at Work publishes daily articles, podcasts, and resources on law practice management, business development, and client relations for small-firm and solo lawyers. It is a direct peer in editorial content, audience overlap, and CLE-adjacent training positioning.
• Ross Fishman Legal Marketing: Ross Fishman is a legal marketing consultant and CLE speaker focused on law-firm branding, websites, and business development for small and midsize firms. He is a direct peer because he sells similar coaching, speaking, and CLE programming to the same attorney buyer persona.
• Solo Practice University: Solo Practice University is an educational community and podcast network for solo practitioners, hosting guest lectures on business development, client relationships, and law practice management. It is a direct peer because it serves the same solo-attorney audience with educational content and shares distribution via Cynthia Sharp's podcast.

Broad incumbents

• West LegalEdcenter (Thomson Reuters): West LegalEdcenter is a large accredited CLE provider offering thousands of on-demand courses across practice areas, run by Thomson Reuters. It is a broad incumbent overlapping with The Sharper Lawyer's accredited CLE catalog but with vastly greater catalog scale and price-led delivery.
• Clio (Law Practice Management / Clio Academy): Clio is the dominant cloud-based legal practice management platform and runs Clio Academy, offering CLE-eligible webinars and training to solo and small-firm attorneys. It is a broad incumbent because it bundles education into a much larger SaaS offering rather than selling standalone coaching or CLE.
• LexisNexis Legal Education: LexisNexis operates a large accredited CLE platform with thousands of courses and integrated practice resources for legal professionals. It is a broad incumbent that competes for the same CLE-credit dollars with greater catalog depth, though not focused on solo business-development coaching.

Emerging players

• Jim Calloway (Law Office Management): Jim Calloway delivers CLE programming, books, and consulting on law office management, technology adoption, and practice innovation for solo and small-firm lawyers. He is an emerging peer because his audience, content mix, and CLE delivery channels are closely aligned with The Sharper Lawyer, though he leans more on technology management.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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