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Anne-Marie Rabago on solo practice and legal incubators
Kate Bridal on Escaping Burnout and Embracing A Winding Career
Sejal Thakkar goes from employment lawyer to workplace culture consultant
April Roberts on embracing adaptability: Navigating multiple career and life transitions
Laura Terrell on intentionally navigating your legal career
Emily Witt on legal recruiting and career evolution
How to start climbing the right success ladder
Leah Campbell Badertscher leaves law to be an artist and creativity coach
What the Woo? A Chat with Chiara Woods
Dorna Moini leaves BigLaw to build a legal tech start-up
Given the time commitment and uncertainty, is entrepreneurship worth it?
Janelle Christian leaves BigLaw to build her dream life and business
What coaching actually involves and if it’s for you
Age & Authenticity: Work, Life and Style After 40
Using new school year energy to jumpstart your next chapter
A New Paradigm for Success
Kristen Gyolai combines law and entrepreneurship
Lauren Kay teaches us about Human Design and creating a portfolio career
Mary Adkins leaves BigLaw litigation to become a novelist
From partner to entrepreneur: Embracing your second act
A holistic approach to designing your career
It’s ok to be an accidental entrepreneur
Jessica Medina shows us it’s possible to unlock the golden handcuffs
A powerful self-coaching question
How do you define success?
What is a Heart-Centered Business?
Marni Blank leaves law to become a multi-passionate entrepreneur
Sigalle Barness leaves law, becomes a COO, then creates her own role as Chief Storyteller
Emily Hirsekorn goes from law to higher education to career confidence coaching
Seth Bradley leaves big law to pursue his passion for real estate
Morgan Thomas Hall transitions from law to tech sales
Marie Sotelo leaves law for freelance writing
Heather Eastwood leaves practice to teach high school
Rachel Coll leaves practice to become a life coach
David Johnson Shows Us How Use Design Thinking to Make Fulfilling Career Shifts
The 5 Step Lawyer's Escape Plan Framework
Free Webinar: 5-Step Lawyer's Escape Plan
Risa Weaver-Enion leaves law to become a wedding planner and photographer
Eimear McCann transitions from immigration and human rights law to a legal tech start-up
Illegal Design: How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Jen Berson leaves litigation to start her own PR agency
The Top 2 Mistakes Lawyers Make When Trying To Change Careers
Robert Ingalls leaves litigation to start a podcast production company)
Illegal Design: 4 Habits Of Lucky People
Rob Bertman shows us that our lives don't have to be dictated by student loans
Lisa Rosen leaves litigation to work at an environmental non-profit organization
Francesca Chang is an ex-lawyer turned travel writer and life coach for lawyers
Illegal Design: Living By Design Versus By Default
Dr. Aisha leaves medical practice to coach high achievers on the science and heart of making change in your life
Rho Thomas balances practice, a side business, motherhood, and tackling law school debt
Illegal Design: Less Hustle, More Flow
Kat Johnston leaves her high intensity in-house attorney job purposefully plan-less
Illegal Design: Action Breeds Confidence
Vanessa Kuljis is a BigLaw litigator turned Gallup certified Strengths Coach
Illegal Design: Experiment, Have Fun, and Be Less Boring
Vicki Huebner leaves litigation for law school career services and ultimately her own dog training company
Illegal Design: Why Excellence at Work is Stunting Your Career
Elena Deutsch helps women leave the law
Jay Harrington leaves a big law bankruptcy practice to start a marketing & PR company with his wife
Illegal Design: Why we all need a gratitude practice
Geoffrey Stein leaves litigation to become a portrait artist
Illegal Design: Why your strengths, not skills, are the key to fulfilling work
Alli Elmunzer transitions from traditional practice to photography to running her own firm
Illegal Design: What Google Knows About Designing For Happiness
Stacey Wang leaves BigLaw litigation for the start-up world
Illegal Design: Surround Yourself with Bad Influences (i.e. non-lawyers)
Amy Impellizzeri leaves big law to become a novelist
Illegal Design:3 Reasons Play Is Not Just For Kids
Vanessa Perlman finds her flow between a freelance legal career and a travel business
Kim Nicol leaves practice to become a mindfulness and leadership coach
Illegal Design: 5 Design Tips for Your Home Office
Sarah Cottrell leaves big law to start the Former Lawyer Podcast and Collaborative
Illegal Design: Why We Should All Be More Like Alexis Rose
Annette Choti leaves a 20 year government job to start a legal marketing business
My work-life update and thoughts on building a purposeful life
Shunta Grant leaves practice to create her own business and to live on her terms
Jess Salomon leaves human rights law for stand-up comedy
Jessica Medina leaves 14 years of law practice behind to pursue financial coaching
Charlotte Smith goes from employment attorney to life design coach for lawyers
Jordan Hellman leaves litigation for sales and business development
Jan Newman leaves Big Law to earn her PhD and become a licensed clinical psychologist and executive coach
Heather Hubbard leaves law firm partnership to start a personal and professional development company
Summer Challenge: Take Action
Alex Su leaves big law litigation for legal technology sales
Mary Cobb tells about how she took a break from law to learn to paint in Italy, and now combines her careers in law and art
Alexis Robertson talks leaving litigation to run diversity and inclusion programs in Big Law, and what really needs to happen to achieve progress
Annie Little talks about shifts in law practice and career searches in the Covid-19 era
Chris Gillett leaves litigation to become a headshot photographer
Josh Ferguson leaves legislative practice to be a stay-at-home dad
Angela Han tells us how she built a dual career in law and health coaching
Travis Hornsby tells us how to break free from the student loan albatross
Clara Jung leans into her impulsivity and leaves litigation to build her own interior design firm
Annie Little helps rid us of lawyer-brain and get on the path to a happier career
Year-End Wrap-Up and Top 6 Lessons (I know it should be 5 or 10, but 6 is what I’ve got)
Adam Oliver tries multiple law firms and practice areas before leaving practice to run his own legal recruiting company
Jonathan Laubinger has no regrets about leaving practice before he even started for a career as an actuary
Jonathan Liu leaves employment law to become a real estate agent and investor
Rachel Solomon leaves litigation to pursue storytelling: first as a freelance writer, then as a novelist, and ultimately through brand creation at her own firm
Adam Friedl tells us how he transitioned from public interest law to software engineering
Melissa Lorenzo-Herve tells us how she ditched big law for a dual career in legal publishing and fashion