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The Law Lives Project
by Anjie Vichayanonda
Many of us lawyers didn't have it all figured out from the start. It takes time to find your way in law. This podcast sheds light on some of the challenges people face in the earliest part of building their careers. Each week, Anjie Vichayanonda, a first-generation Asian-American Lawyer and CEO/Founder of Leg Up Legal, sits down with members of the legal profession to chat about the paths they took to get where they are now, including the times they stumbled, the times they fell, and the times they needed a little help. To encourage candor, the attorney guests remain nameless, but their stories are laid bare.Â
Episodes
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Series 2, Episode 7: Part-time Law School, Jury Consulting, Insurance Defense, and In-House Life
Hello listeners! My name is Brooke, and I'm an undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University. I'm majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and planning to apply to law school this fall. I'm interning for Leg Up Legal and I'll be today's guest host for The Law Lives Project. This week's...
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Series 2, Episode 6: Interning in South Korea, Working In-house in Healthcare, and Becoming a Life Coach
This week's guest is a full-time lawyer and life coach. She went to a T-14 law school admittedly to make money, but quickly found out that her path would not be an easy one. After graduating law school and having difficulty finding her first job and struggling with her own health, she decided to...
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Series 2, Episode 5: From Humble Beginnings to Making Six-Figures as a Commercial Litigator at a Mid-size Litigation Boutique
Today's guest started off with humble beginnings and eventually earned her way into working in a highly competitive commercial litigation boutique. Although she developed an interest in law school during college, she had very limited financial resources and had difficulty applying to law school....
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Series 2, Episode 4: Tenacity, Taking Risks, and Tax Law
This week, I'm sitting down with a tax attorney who found herself going to a law school that she didn't ever apply to due to some unforeseen circumstances. After believing that she would be hired by her mentor at a large law firm after law school, she received tough advice from her mentor that...
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Series 2, Episode 3: Juggling Multiple In-House Roles, Professional Conflicts, and Divorce
This week's guest gets up close and personal with us about the struggles of balancing her career with an abusive relationship, divorce, and a professional conflict at work. She was able to gain tons of skills early on in her career from sampling many different in-house roles, but her greatest...
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Series 2, Episode 2: From Columbia Law School to BigLaw to the SEC with Twins in Tow
Today's guest had two major surprises while attending Columbia Law School. Specifically, she found out that she was pregnant with twins in her 2L year. Thankfully, she had a strong support system of family and friends that helped her finish law school on time and land a job in BigLaw in…
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Series 2, Episode 1: Sports Law and Charting Your Own Path
We are so excited to kick off Season 2 of The Law Lives Project! Our very first guest of the season is an attorney who has truly charted her own path focused on sports and entertainment law. She managed to snag several sports-related internships in law school, despite struggling with several...
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Law Lives Project, Episode 12: Trademark, Copyright, and Small Business Attorney
This week, Anjie chats with a young lawyer who practices intellectual property law with a solo practitioner, and together they help small business owners. Our guest shares some details about his challenges of keeping up with the curve in law school while having dyslexia, and dealing with the...
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Law Lives Project, Episode 11: Paralegal and Soon-to-be Lawyer
Our guest this week is a paralegal, who is training to be an attorney. We'll discuss her path from going to law school, to working as a paralegal. We'll also touch on how she decided to go into personal injury law.
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Law Lives Project, Episode 10: Plaintiff-side Personal Injury Lawyer
Today's guest is a civil litigator. We'll discuss his career path from law school to working as a personal injury attorney. We'll also touch on his experience of attending law school while working full time as a teacher.
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Law Lives Project, Episode Nine: First-Gen JD/MPP Non-traditional Student, Law School Mom, State DOJ Counsel, Municipal Law Attorney, Assistant General Counsel, Law Firm Owner, and SUPERWOMAN
In today's episode, I'll be chatting with an attorney in private practice at a boutique law firm. She obtained a master's degree while pursuing her law degree. And she's held practically every legal job in the book to working at the North Carolina Department of Justice, transitioning to municipal...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Eight: From Law School Straight to the Attorney General's Office
A Texas lawyer describes his journey from Law School to the Attorney General's Office, and how to make friends and contacts from opposing sides on the way. He explains how most cases are settled before they come to court, and how much he loves his work and professional friendships with the Texas...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Seven: Civil Litigation, Becoming a Judge, and Public Service
In this episode, Anjie will be speaking with another state civil court trial judge. We'll be going over his career path from law school to working in personal injury law to his current role. We'll also touch on his decision to transfer law schools after his first semester and the ins and outs of...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Six: From the Military to Legal Practice
In this episode, a military veteran tells the story of his journey to law school, discovering a passion for litigation during law school, interning with the district attorney's office, working for a boutique litigation firm doing admiralty and maritime work, and finally getting recruited into an...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Five: Assistant District Attorney to Criminal Defense Solo Practitioner
In this episode, a lawyer discusses her journey from a state law school, to being a prosecutor, to running her own practice specializing in criminal defense. She was waitlisted or rejected by every law school she applied to, but she applied again in the next cycle and received an offer of...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Four: In-House Lawyer to Contracts Management CEO
This week, a CEO of a contracts management company describes her journey from law school to running her own company. She knew she wasn't made for the traditional law firm environment. As a white woman who learned Chinese, she new at a very early age that she wanted to be involved in international...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Three: From Litigator to State Court Judge
This week, Anjie chats with an African-American State Court Judge about his journey from Harvard Law School to the bench. Our guest discusses what he learned about litigation and being a lawyer, how he decided to run for election to the bench, the joy he feels from helping individuals achieve...
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Law Lives Project, Episode Two: An employment lawyer's journey
This week, Anjie sits down with an attorney who had an unlikely start as a broadcast communications student, but she pivoted to a 20-year career in law culminating in a job with a big firm, working as an employment attorney. This week's guest has lots of advice about working hard, finding an area...
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Law Lives Project, Episode One: From Criminal Law to Intellectual Property Law
This week, Anjie V. speaks with an intellectual property attorney about the pros and cons of running her own solo practice. Her career path from law school took her through both criminal and civil law. About the Law Lives Project: Many of us lawyers didn't have it all figured out from the start.…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Many of us lawyers didn't have it all figured out from the start. It takes time to find your way in law. This podcast sheds light on some of the challenges people face in the earliest part of building their careers. Each week, Anjie Vichayanonda, a first-generation Asian-American Lawyer and CEO/Founder of Leg Up Legal, sits down with members of the legal profession to chat about the paths they took to get where they are now, including the times they stumbled, the times they fell, and the times they needed a little help. To encourage candor, the attorney guests remain nameless, but their stories are laid bare.Â
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Anjie Vichayanonda
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The Law Lives Project currently has 19 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is The Law Lives Project about?
Many of us lawyers didn't have it all figured out from the start. It takes time to find your way in law. This podcast sheds light on some of the challenges people face in the earliest part of building their careers. Each week, Anjie Vichayanonda, a first-generation Asian-American Lawyer and...
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The Law Lives Project is created and hosted by Anjie Vichayanonda.
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