AAJ's Leadership Academy provides training to all highly qualified members, including those who are underrepresented within the association, to help make them more effective leaders in AAJ, in their law firms, and their communities. Eighty percent of Leadership Academy graduates have served in leadership roles within AAJ or their state trial lawyer associations.

AAJ's Leadership Academy provides training to all highly qualified members, including those who are underrepresented within the association, to help make them more effective leaders in AAJ, in their law firms, and their communities. Eighty percent of Leadership Academy graduates have served in leadership roles within AAJ or their state trial lawyer associations.

This workshop helps participants identify and quiet the inner critic while amplifying their

inner coach. Through guided reflection, storytelling, and mindset shifts, you’ll have

space to reconnect with moments across your life when you felt most confident and

empowered. You’ll leave with a greater understanding of how your beliefs are shaped

and how to the quiet your self-limiting inner voice.

This workshop explores how in high pressure moments, the body’s flight or fight system

can influence confidence. You’ll learn to tune into physical cues of confidence versus

anxiety, and methods to regulate your nervous system. You’ll also walk away with tools

to feel more grounded, confident, and present in any room or situation.

This reflective session invites guests to examine the personal stories they've been

telling themselves and transform disempowering narratives. Using journaling prompts

and partner sharing, you’ll uncover hidden sources of wisdom and resilience within your

life experiences. Lastly, you’ll craft a “confidence story” that can be carried forward in

life. This session cultivates self-compassion, clarity, and courage.

This practical session centers on boundary-setting as an act of self-confidence and self-

care. You’ll will recognize energy drains from 2025 in order to practice communicating

2026 needs with clarity and kindness. A point of emphasis in these conversations will be

protecting your emotional space and needs without guilt. This workshop includes role-

play scenarios to make real-life conversations feel more doable. You give your

confidence the power to bloom when you stop abandoning yourself and your needs.

This workshop brings together tools from previous sessions and focuses on how to

seize every day moments to embrace true confidence. Through mindful intention-

setting, affirmations, and a closing accountability activity, you will step into 2026 as a

more authentic, magnetic version of yourself. You’ll also leave with a personalized

“Confidence Compass” – a set of guiding practices to stay connected to the best of who

you are. All in all - this is a celebration of continuous growth and power!