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The Former Lawyer Podcast

Jul 27, 2020

Is quitting law without another job lined up a bad idea? When you're super miserable as a lawyer, you often find yourself wondering: can I just quit? My guest on today's podcast, Andrea Yang, did just that. After seven years as a lawyer, she quit her job and moved back in with her parents with no idea what she would do...


Jul 20, 2020

Law is my second career—can I still leave? A lot of lawyers ask themselves this question. In this episode, Mary Eberle shares all about how she left the law, even though it was her second career, and even though she had been made a shareholder at her law firm! Hear how Mary found her way to her current career as a...


Jul 13, 2020

In the second half of our conversation, Lauren Bernadett shares about the challenges she faced leaving her high-paying law firm job as a single person, trying to figure out what was next when she didn't have a "dream job" in mind, why what she's gained from leaving the law far outweighs what she's lost, and what she...


Jul 6, 2020

Lauren Bernadett spent a lot of time negotiating a full-ride scholarship to law school so that she wouldn't find herself trapped in a firm job that she hated. Five years in, she realized that despite her careful planning, she was still at a firm and felt stuck. In the first half of our conversation, hear how Lauren...