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The Former Lawyer Podcast — 367 episodes · page 2 of 4
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