6 Feb
Embrace Your Passion and Leave Your Legal Career Behind with Cary Simowitz [TFLP169]
This episode features Cary Simowitz. Cary met Sarah by email in the summer of 2020 while he was still working as a lawyer. Before then, he had done a detour and bagged a MFA degree in California, right out of law school. Now, Cary works as the head of legal marketing at a law firm in the Midwest. His story…
16 Jan
1 Year After Leaving the Law: Looking Back with Collab Member Jamie Spannhake [TFLP167]
This episode is a follow-up to Sarah’s previous conversation with Jamie Spannhake. Jamie is a Former Lawyer Collaborative member who left the law in October 2021 after 17 years of practice. In this episode, Jamie talks about what she’s done over the last 12 months since leaving the law and some of the lessons that she has continued to learn….
9 Jan
How The Guided Track Supported Marquel Stuedemann in Transitioning from Lawyer to Trust Officer [TFLP166]
This episode features Marquel Stuedemann, who joined the Former Lawyer Collaborative in the Fall 2021 cohort of Guided Track in hopes of transitining from lawyer to trust officer. Marquel discusses her experiences before and after joining The Collaborative. In this episode, you will see what being in The Collaborative looks like and how the support can help you leave the…
2 Jan
Happy New Year, It’s Client Month at Former Lawyer! [TFLP165]
28 Nov
The After Series: Life After Biglaw [TFLP164]
In this episode, Sarah talks about kicking off a new podcast series centered around life after Biglaw, The After Series. The new series will help unhappy lawyers who are hesitant to quit their soul-sucking jobs for fear of what comes next or because of uncertainty see that quitting to follow their passion makes things better than before. Why Talking about…