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The Former Lawyer Podcast — 353 episodes
How to Take A Mental Health Leave of Absence From Your Law Firm with Megan Nogasky
Leaving the Law When You’re Already Burned Out
Making a Career Change When You're Afraid of Getting It Wrong with Kelcey Baker
The Shame Lawyers Feel About Wanting to Leave Law
From Commercial Litigator to Personal Trainer and Business Owner with Zach Reisch
Translating Legal Skills for a Non-Legal Job Doesn't Start With Your Resume
Leaving Biglaw to Become a Sex and Relationship Coach with Amy Terwilleger
Trying to Justify Leaving Law Is What’s Keeping You There
Tolerating Your Lawyer Job While You're Preparing to Leave
How to Break Into Legal Tech and AI as a Lawyer with Ben Chiriboga
How an Overdeveloped Sense of Responsibility Keeps Lawyers Stuck
What Doing Your Best Is Costing You as a Lawyer
You Don't Have to Quit Your Job to Start Leaving Law
Why Lawyers Think Feelings Are Optional and What It Costs Them
Why High-Achieving Lawyers Stay in Jobs That Are Hurting Them
The Perfectionist Trap That Makes It Hard to Leave Law
Why Unhappy Lawyers Should Pick Up a Hobby Before They're Ready to Leave
What Lawyers Wish They'd Asked Before Going to Law School
Hard Things Feel Hard Because They Are Hard
Escaping the Legal Grind to Build a Balanced Life with Dan Branagan
How to Explore Your Career Options After Law with Patience and a Plan
From Law School to Literary Agent with Lilly Ghahremani
How a Misalignment of Values and Career Helped a Lawyer Become a Therapist with David Sazant
How Multiple Assessments Help Lawyers Changing Careers
Don't Wait for the World to Stabilize Before You Leave Your Legal Job
Do You Need a Bridge Job? Key Questions for Lawyers in Transition
I'm Not Here to Convince You to Leave the Law
The Best First Step When You're Not Ready to Leave Law Yet
Why Community Support Matters When You're Leaving the Law
The One Decision Unhappy Lawyers Must Make Before Changing Careers
When “I Invested Too Much to Leave the Law” Becomes the Reason You Stay Stuck
You Don’t Have to Earn the Right to Leave the Law with Zi Lin
How Scarcity Keeps Lawyers in Jobs They Don’t Want
Your Burnout Started Long Before Your First Legal Job
The Mistake Lawyers Make When They Want to Leave the Law
Why You Feel Like You Can Never Turn Your Brain Off as a Lawyer
What to Expect in Your First Year After Leaving the Law
How to Break the Outrage-Complacency Cycle and Finally Leave Law
It’s Okay to Care What People Think and Still Leave Law
The Former Lawyer Framework 2.0: Streamlining Your Exit Strategy
Why Talk Therapy Stops Working for Burned-Out Lawyers
Nothing is Worth Sacrificing Yourself - A Reminder for All Lawyers
It’s Not Too Late to Leave the Law in 2025
Is the Grass Greener When You Leave the Law? (What Former Lawyers Say)
The Partner Who Makes Everyone Quit Isn't Your Problem to Fix
Know It’s the Right Time to Leave the Law with Two Questions
Lawyers Hoping To Be Hit By A Bus Isn't Normal, but Not Uncommon Either with Kelcey Baker
From Biglaw Impostor Syndrome to Publishing Diverse Children's Books with Tiffany Obeng
Escaping Lawyer Burnout for Legal Tech with Ben Chiriboga
Why Lawyers Stay Stuck After Taking Career Assessments
Legal Recruiter Bryson Malcolm Calls Out Firms That Abandon Diversity
Lawyer Burnout Is Valid Even If You Don't Have Kids
Is Making Partner Really Better Than Being an Associate
From Biglaw Misery to a Meaningful Career in Family Law
Biglaw Leaders are Cowards and the Effects are More Obvious Now than Ever
Supporting The Legal Accountability Project Because Transparency Shouldn’t Be Controversial
Reddit and Fishbowl Are Great—Except When They're Not
Five Years of Helping Lawyers Leave the Law inside The Former Lawyer Collaborative
Understanding Executive Functions in an ADHD Brain with Annie Little
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity are not the Problem in Biglaw
When Tragedy Leads to Career Changes and Better Balance with Laura Markham
It’s Okay If You’re Just Surviving Right Now
What If You Don’t Want to Be a Lawyer Anymore?
What to Do If You’re Sick of Complaining About Your Job
Advice to Get a Job in Tech after Law with Ed Cottrell
Leaving the Law Is Simple but It’s Not Easy
You Don’t Need Permission to Leave the Law and Here’s Why
Why Amisha DeYoung-Dominguez Left the Law for Public Service
Why Stay-at-Home Parents Who Left Law Have More Career Options Than They Think
What Has Been the Biggest Surprise for Former Lawyers in the Collab?
Myths Former Lawyers Believed Before Leaving the Law
Former Lawyers Share the Obvious Thing That Transformed Their Careers
Navigating the Millennial Success Trap
Can the Corporate World Solve My Work-Life Balance Problems?
Why You Don’t Need to IRAC Your Way Out of the Law
Why Your Values Are the First Step to Leaving the Law
A Clear Path to Leaving the Law This Year
Lawyers Hoping To Be Hit By A Bus Isn’t Normal, but Not Uncommon Either with Kelcey Baker
Disclosing ADHD and Other Mental Health Issues to Your Firm
How to Take A Mental Health Leave of Absence From Your Law Firm with Megan Nogasky
I'm Not Here to Convince You to Leave the Law
From Law School to Literary Agent with Lilly Ghahremani
How the Sunk Cost Fallacy Keeps Lawyers Stuck in the Law
Escaping the Legal Grind to Build a Balanced Life with Dan Branagan
How Toxic Workplaces Make You Doubt Yourself—And Why Leaving Law Can Help
How a Misalignment of Values and Career Helped a Lawyer Become a Therapist with David Sazant
How Law Firms Mismanage Billable Hours and Create Anxiety for Associates
How Adrian Hern Beat Legal Burnout and Transformed Her Career
Why Your Law Firm Isn't a Meritocracy (And How It's Holding You Back)
How Law Firms Are Failing Lawyers With ADHD with Annie Little
It’s Not You, It’s Burnout: How Your Environment Has a Big Impact
How to Prepare a Law Practice for Sale with Victoria Collier
The Former Lawyer Framework 2.0: Streamlining Your Exit Strategy
The Importance of Asking Yourself What Can Go Right with Liza Hanks
The “No Assholes Rule” (And Why It’s A Joke)
The Biglaw System Creates Burnout
Lawyers, Your Job Should Not Make You Cry
What Collab Members Wish They Had Done Sooner
Signs of Malignant Narcissism In The Legal Profession
Not Fitting In at Law Firms is a Good Thing
Is Being A Lawyer A Bullshit Job?
Do You Need a Bridge Job? Key Questions for Lawyers in Transition
The Abusive Corporate Lifestyle is Not Designed to Help You Thrive with Tiffany Rogers
The Most Challenging Part of Leaving Law is the Emotional Work
Lawyers Hoping To Be Hit By A Bus Isn't Normal, but Not Uncommon Either with Kelcey Baker
How to Explore Your Career Options After Law with Patience and a Plan
Navigating Commercial Real Estate After Gaining Experience in Biglaw with Andre Ferrari
How Many Vacations Will Be Lost Before You Make a Change
CBT vs. DBT: Which Type Of Therapy Is Better For Lawyers?
Know It’s the Right Time to Leave the Law with Two Questions
How Law Firms Avoid All Responsibility for Toxic Environments with Kelcey Baker
Nothing is Worth Sacrificing Yourself - A Reminder for All Lawyers
Why Entertainment Law Isn't the Escape You Might Think with Jordan Nahmias
How to Decide if Now is the Right Time to Leave Law
Separating Your Identity From Your Legal Career
Understanding Burnout Versus Depression In Lawyers And How To Get Support
Finding an Empowering Path Back to Creative Work from Law with Lynley Ogilvie
Why You Shouldn't Feel Guilty if You Hate Being a Lawyer
Navigating Lawyering and New Career Paths with Chronic Health Conditions with Emily Whelden
An Existential Crisis When Leaving the Law Isn't a Sign of Failure
From Lawyer to Professional Development and Legal Recruiting with Adriana Paris
Empowering Change: Updates from the Legal Accountability Project with Aliza Shatzman
How to Shift Professionally From Lawyer to Chief Marketing Officer with Ashley Carlisle
Unraveling the Startling Parallels Between Narcissism in Family Units and Law Firms
Validation: An Incredible Tool for Unhappy Lawyers with Kelcey Baker
One Simple and Essential Piece of Advice to Leave the Law
The Challenges of Leaving Public Interest Law with Strawberry Nevill
Which Collab Feature Helped This Member With a Career Breakthrough
Adrian Hern’s Escape from Legal Burnout
The Misery of Knowing That One is Doing Harm As A Lawyer
The Misery of Not Feeling Entitled to One's Misery as a Lawyer
The Artificial Power Structure and Feeling Helpless as a Lawyer with Annie Little
The Misery of Ambiguity and Forced Pretense in Law Firms
Is Being A Lawyer A Bullshit Job?
Former Lawyer Turned Professional Organizer with Heather Davies
Three Reasons I’m Grateful I Left The Law
You're Not Lazy Because You Want to Leave Your Job
Does Being a Lawyer Cause Anxiety or Depression
How Law Firms Are Failing Lawyers With ADHD with Annie Little
Does Being a Lawyer Lead to ADHD? Unpacking the Relationship with Annie Little
Disclosing ADHD and Other Mental Health Issues to Your Firm
ADHD Accommodations for Lawyers with Lauren Ascher
Why You DON’T Want to Make Partner
Not Fitting In at Law Firms is a Good Thing
Moving from Law into Advocacy Work with Francesca Korbas
Behind the Scenes of The Former Lawyer Podcast’s First 200 Episodes
Making the Move from Law to Real Estate with Romy Frazier
Why the CliftonStrengths Workshop Is Included in the Guided Track
How to Choose the Right Former Lawyer Program for You
Why These Former Lawyers Decided to Join the Guided Track
What Would Former Lawyer Collab Members Tell Themselves Five Years Ago
What Has Been the Biggest Surprise for Former Lawyers in the Collab?
Myths Former Lawyers Believed Before Leaving the Law
Former Lawyers Share an Obvious Thing that was Transformative
What Collab Members Wish They Had Done Sooner
The Misery of Knowing That One Is Doing Harm as a Lawyer
The Misery of Not Feeling Entitled to One's Misery as a Lawyer
The Artificial Power Structure and Feeling Helpless as a Lawyer with Annie Little
The Misery of Ambiguity and Forced Pretense in Law Firms
Is Being A Lawyer A Bullshit Job?
Career Happiness After Law: Lessons Learned from Andrew Sohn's Pivots
The Challenges of Giving Notice at Toxic Law Firms
Feeling Your Feelings: How Self-Compassion Led Raha Francis Away From Biglaw
How to Handle the Bullying in Law Firms
Discovering the Art of Writing Romance with Former Lawyer Jayci Lee
How the Hypervigilance in Law Causes Lawyers to Leave the Law with Ed Cottrell
How to Become an Organizational Ombuds with Dina Lynch Eisenberg
What You Need to Know About Stealth Layoffs in Biglaw
Holding Onto Your Passion: The Journey from Law School to Acting with Ruth Kaufman
How to Take A Mental Health Leave of Absence From Your Law Firm with Megan Nogasky
Finding Freedom in Mental Health After Leaving Law with Megan Nogasky
How an ADHD Diagnosis Changed a Career Path with Lauren Ascher
Setting Aside Prestige and Leaving Law for Therapy with Yael Eiserike
Ending a 22 Year Legal Career for a New Career in Counseling with Karen Gulde
5 Tips for Lawyers to Find a Therapist to Help with Stress and Anxiety
Why It's Critical Lawyers Know Your Job is Not Your Identity with Mike Whelan
Embrace Your Passion and Leave Your Legal Career Behind with Cary Simowitz
What It’s Really Like to Leave the Law with a Collaborative Member
1 Year After Leaving the Law: Looking Back with Collab Member Jamie Spannhake
How The Guided Track Supported Marquel Stuedemann in Transitioning from Lawyer to Trust Officer
Happy New Year, It's Client Month at Former Lawyer!
From Biglaw to Running a Creative Business with Loly Orozco
How Sarah Rutledge Fischer left Biglaw to be a Working Artist
From Biglaw Associate to Clinical Psychologist with Dr. Jan Newman
How Janelle Christian Went From Biglaw to Starting a Coaching Business
The After Series: Life After Biglaw
Leaving Private Practice Behind for a Career in Tech as a Data Scientist
How to Work Through Conflicting Emotions as You Transition Out of the Law
How to Avoid Coaching Scams and Find the Right Fit Coach for You
Why Your Toxic Workplace Makes It Impossible To Figure Out What You Want To Do
How Laura Evans Left Environmental Law Days After a Terrible Anxiety Attack
Lawyers, Your Job Shouldn't Make You Cry
It's Not As Unusual As You Might Think to Leave the Law After 20 Years
From Biglaw Partner to Success Coach for Lawyers with Heather Moulder
Normalize Grieving Your Legal Career Even When You're Happy About It
Leaving Biglaw To Become an Author and Writing Coach With Mary Adkins
Career Advice Lawyers Should Avoid: Do What You Love, You'll Never Work A Day
What Happens In The Guided Track
Simple But Not Easy: Finding A Post-Legal Career
Life After Biglaw in a new Hybrid Role with Ed Cottrell
The Long Process Of Leaving A Legal Career with Ed Cottrell
Leaving The Legal Profession After Practicing For Years With Landis Wade
“You Have To Learn To Love Where You Are” Is Trash Advice For Lawyers Who Want To Leave The Law
Creating Change In The Legal System with Aliza Shatzman
Writing A Book About Former Lawyers While Leaving The Law With Adam Pascarella
Career Coaching for Lawyers: Working 1:1 with Sarah Cottrell
How (And Why) Navneet Mann Left The Legal Field For Coaching
Do I Think Everyone Should Leave The Law
Exiting The Legal Profession For A Startup With Karen Spencer
Living With ADHD As A Lawyer with Annie Little
Giving Up A Job In The Law For A Growing Side Hustle with David Sparks
The “No Assholes Rule" (And Why It’s A Joke)
Working As A Woman In Biglaw And Patent Litigation with Ashley Chi
Do Group Programs Work For Introverts?
How Kevin Ha Side Hustled His Way Out Of The Legal Profession
If You're Not Suffering In The Law, You're Not Working Hard Enough
Falling Out Of Love With The Law With Julie Lythcott-Haims
Do You Really Want To Leave The Law Or Just This Job?
Finding Your Strengths Using CliftonStrengths Assessment With Vanessa Kuljis
Trauma as a Lawyer With Kara Hardin
Transitioning Out Of The Law To Legal Marketing With Andy Cabasso
The Expectation Of Perfection In The Law Is Leaving Lawyers Exhausted
How to Leave Litigation and a Legal Career for Consulting with Stinson Mundy
Signs of Malignant Narcissism In The Legal Profession
Finding An Alternative Career In DEI With Amber Haggins
Four Myths That Keep Lawyers From Exploring Non-Legal Career Paths
Learn about how Rho Thomas went from struggling in her career as a lawyer to becoming a popular, thriving financial coach for lawyers.
What Burned-Out Lawyers Need To Know: Signs Of Lawyer Burnout with Ilona Salmons
Burnout In Lawyers with Ilona Salmons
What It's Like Inside The Collaborative During A Guided Track
What Burned Out Lawyers Need to Know
The Pernicious Cycle That’s Trapping You In Your Job As A Lawyer
How You Can Leave The Law This Year
Biglaw Associate Burnout (What I'm Seeing In 2021 & Why It Matters)
Stop Telling Lawyers That Their Thoughts Cause Their Feelings | When Cognitive Behavioral Therapy For Lawyers Is Abused
Your Job Shouldn't Make You Cry
From Lawyer to Therapist: Therapy As A Post-Legal Career With Kara Hardin
How To Find A Non-Law Job ASAP
Pursuing Mental Health After Leaving The Legal Profession with Lauren Tetenbaum
Shifting Office Culture in Biglaw Firms
I Don't Want To Be A Lawyer Anymore—What Can I Do?
Authority Without Responsibility: The Toxic Work Environment Of Biglaw Firms
Making The Move To A Non-Legal Career With Nhu-Y Le
The Cost Of Career Coaching For Lawyers with Annie Little
Gaslighting In The Legal Profession: Are Former Lawyers Just Bitter?
Creating A Better Workplace Culture For Working Parents With Debi Yadegari
How To Leave Your Legal Career Without Guilt
Leaving Law School and Choosing An Alternative Career With Tarzan Kay
The Simple Five-Step Framework to Identify an Alternative Career that You Actually Like
The Truth About Being Miserable As a Lawyer & What To Do About It
Finding A Post-Legal Career in Legal Tech With Maya Markovich
What Transitioning Out Of The Law Looks Like With Collaborative Member Jamie
Transitioning From a Legal Career: The Former Lawyer Story Part 2
Transitioning Out of the Law: The Former Lawyer Story Part 1
Quitting Law - Why You Don’t Need Someone to Tell You What to Do
What It’s Really Like to Leave the Law with a Collaborative Member
Resume Gaps as a Lawyer - How Bad Are They Really?
From Litigator to Legal Project Management with Rachael Philbin
What to Look for in a Lawyer Career Coach
Fear of Career Change & The Unknown After Law - Nnamdi Nwaezeapu
Biglaw Burnout - The Biglaw System Creates Burnout
Pursuing Your Dreams Without Giving Your Loved Ones a Heart Attack
How to Know When It’s Time to Hire a Career Coach
Charting Your Own Path Outside of Biglaw with Jennifer Park
Is Now The Time to Leave the Law?
Designing Your Life and Human-Centered Design in Law with Katherine Porter
Stigma-free Grief Recovery for Lawyers with Heather Horton
From Biglaw to Running a Creative Business with Loly Orozco
How a Flexible Mindset Took Her From Bankruptcy Law to Legal Tech with Ivy Grey
From Litigator To All Things Real Estate With Jonathan Liu
From Law To Podcast Production For Law Firms With Robert Ingalls
Marie Sotelo: Former Lawyer Turned Full-Time Freelance Writer
Prestige Is A Liar
A Biglaw Rant (And Why I Created Former Lawyer)
Leaving Law And Finding Joy In Home Organizing With Pia Thompson
Janelle Christian: Built A Six-Figure Side Biz And Left Biglaw
Learning To Prioritize Self Over Work With Janelle Christian
Natasha Alladina: Biglaw To Public Service, Recruiting, And Policy Work
Lawyer Brain, The Lawyer Bubble, And Other People's Opinions
Are You A Burned Out Lawyer?
This Feels Hard Because It Is Hard
A Cancelled Vacation (And Why Law Was Wrong For Me)
Student Loan Debt Considerations for Lawyers with Student Loan Planner Consultant Lauryn Williams
Annette Choti—From Government Lawyer To Digital Marketer & SEO Expert
What Is The Former Lawyer Collaborative?
Lawyers, Don't Try To Figure Out An Alternative Career Without This
I Don't Want To Be A Lawyer Anymore—What Can I Do?
Most Lawyers Would Not Admit This
Megan Smiley: From Law To Higher Ed To Interior Design
Geoffrey Stein: Former Lawyer Turned Portrait Painter
Heather Yurovsky: From Lawyer To Career Coach And Start-Up Catalyst
Valerie Beck—Left The Law For A Career In Chocolate
Jessica Medina—From Biglaw To The SEC To Financial Counselor For Biglaw Lawyers
Moving Beyond Biglaw As A Single Mom Of Twins With Jessica Medina
Becoming A Level 3 Sommelier with Helynn Nelson
Employment Litigation to Human Resources Pro with Helynn Nelson
From Law to Insurance to Joy Coach for High-Achieving Moms with Meghan Smith
From Law to Nursing with Hector Chavez
From Biglaw to Legal Tech with Alex Su
Annie Little: Commercial Lending & Real Estate Lawyer to Lawyer Career Coach
Don't Wait Until You Feel Ready
Annie Little: Lawyering (and Leaving Law) as an Anxious Extrovert
Andrea Yang: Litigator Turned Law School Career Counselor and Coach
Mary Eberle: From Law Firm Partner to DNA Hunter
Leaving Law Without A Dream Job with Lauren Bernadett
Feeling Stuck In Law Even Without Student Loans With Lauren Bernadett
It's Okay To Be A Quitter
The Sunk Costs Fallacy
There Is Nothing Wrong With You
There Is No Perfect Next Step
Your Job Should Not Make You Cry
Biglaw Is Inhospitable To Human Life
There Are Some Things You Can't Think Your Way Through
How Sarah Rutledge Fischer left Biglaw to be a Working Artist: Part Two
Leaving A Biglaw Firm For The Art World with Sarah Rutledge: Part One
Dr. Jan Newman: From Biglaw Associate to Clinical Psychologist
What Unhappy Lawyers Need To Know Right Now
Leaving the Biglaw for Nonprofit Consulting with Tai Dixon
Spouses Leave the Law to Build a Marketing Agency for Lawyers with Tyler & April Roberts
From Lawyer to Online Stationery Shop Owner with Gaby Abrams
Beating the Sunday Scaries and Finding Joy In Life and Business After Law
From Tax Attorney to Financial Coach with Adam Kol
Amy DuVall: From Politics to Pastry, part 2
From Environmental Lobbyist to Starting a Pastry Business with Amy DuVall
How Matt Wheat Left Legal Aid to Become a Firefighter
Finding an Influential Career in Coaching After Being Let Down by Biglaw
Battling Depression To Become Legally Bold with Toya Gavin
Giving Up The Legal Profession For Event Planning with Risa Weaver-Enion
From Business Litigation to Professional Development for Lawyers with Katie Aldrich
Building a Career and Business Coaching Firm After Leaving The Law with Ami Watkin
From Federal Public Defender to Post Legal Career In Photography and Travel Journalism with Sivani Babu
From “Hating Every Second” of Working in Law to Legal Educator for Entrepreneurs with Sam Vander Wielen
From Working In Biglaw To Teaching Yoga And Meditation With Catherine Zack
The Generational Mindset Gap Around Career Changes with Morgan Hall
Leaving Biglaw Without a Plan for The Unbillable Life with Marissa Geannette
How a Millennial Lawyer Followed Her Curiosity Out of Law With Nicole Abboud
How This Former Lawyer Made a Business out of Quitting with Goli Kalkhoran
Transitioning From A Legal Career to Health Coaching For Perfectionists With Simi Botic
Jennifer Alvey: From Lawyer to Legal Publishing to Career Coach for Lawyers
From Lawyer to Six-Figure Entrepreneur with Tasha Cochran
From Renewable Energy Lawyer to Environmental Advocate with Tiffany Duong
Leaving the Law to Build a Caligraphy Company with Shinah Chang
Leaving Your Legal Career After a Few Years With Francesca Chang
How Jen Berson Created a Different Definition of Success After the Legal Life
Why Alex Davis Left Practicing Law To Do Content Marketing For Lawyers (And How An Enneagram Test Helped)
Stacy Mikulik
Leaving The Law For Coaching as an Ontological Coach with Matt Maxwell
From Biglaw to Director of The Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice with Heidi Mueller
Flying Out The Gates Of A Legal Job For Horse Race Writing With Nicolle Neulist
Putting Priorities First To Discover A Career Outside Of The Legal World with Alexis Michaud
Quitting the Law to Practice Medicine with Maria Phillis
How Former Lawyer Sarah Cottrell Got In And Out Of The Law
Introduction to The Former Lawyer Podcast