How Jen Berson Created a Different Definition of Success After the Legal Life

In Episode 009 of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah talks with Jen Berson. Jen is a former lawyer who owns and run her own PR Agency, Jeneration PR, and teaches others how to start and grow their own successful agency. In this conversation, Jen shares: How she originally got on the path to law school because she was looking for a reason to stay in the city where she went to college for the summer; Why observing women more senior to her in her law firm made her realize that working at a firm was not for her; What caused her realization that she could make her life happen for her instead of feeling like it was just happening to her; How she was advised by a female mentor to ignore mistreatment by a partner because it would be “career suicide”, but bravely spoke up anyway; How she started doing unpaid PR work on the side while working as a lawyer, before realizing it was something companies would pay for; How she dealt with her parents’ negative reactions to her decision to leave the law; How leaving the law ultimately inspired her husband to make his own career change; How she built a PR business from scratch, and the kind of work she’s doing now; Why she tripled her rates overnight, and landed her dream client the next day; Why your experience in law really can help you in so many other careers; and much more! Check out Jeneration PR, and connect with Jen on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!  Take the guesswork out of your first steps to leaving the law by grabbing Sarah’s free guide at formerlawyer.com/guide! Pre-order the Jump Start mini-course at formerlawyer.com/jumpstart! Connect with Former Lawyer on Instagram, Facebook, I'm closing enrollment for my self-paced group program, the Former Lawyer Collaborative, permanently on August 31st, 2026. If you've been thinking about joining now is the time. Head to formerlawyer.com/collab to join before doors close on August 31st.