This week, you’ll be reading about Alex Davis, who quickly realized that practicing law was not a good fit for her personality. She only practiced for a couple of years before leaving the law to do content marketing for lawyers. In their discussion, Sarah and Alex touched on a few different topics. Aside from Alex’s journey out of the law,…
On today’s show, Sarah talks with Stacy Mikulik. Stacy is a former lawyer who is now a jewelry designer and the owner of grace + hudson jewelry. In this conversation, Stacy shares: Check out grace + hudson, and connect with Stacy on Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, or by email! Take the guesswork out of your first steps to leaving the law…
This week, we’re sharing Sarah’s conversation with former lawyer and founder of Hearthstone Coaching and Consulting, Matt Maxwell. Matt and Sarah attended law school together and graduated in 2008. Matt has a lot of wisdom to share from his experience working in law and leaving the law for a career in coaching as an ontological coach. In this blog, you’ll…
In this episode, Sarah talks to Heidi Mueller, the director of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. They talk about Heidi’s experience working at a big law firm, transitioning from big law to the juvenile justice system, and her incredible work at the Juvenile Justice Department. Lawyers who want to work in or advance in the juvenile justice system should…
Recently Sarah sat down with Nicolle Neulist, who worked in the law before becoming a computer programmer turned horse racing writer. Nicolle practiced law for about a year before being laid off. But surprisingly, this was a great moment. That moment opened many doors for Nicolle to put her legal job in the past. While her post-legal journey was a…
Alexis Michaud left the legal world after practicing for 18 years and is now building a real estate business. She made a few stops along the way to real estate, working in multiple combinations of legal and tech roles, before ultimately choosing her priorities first so that she could find a career that fit her life in a much better…
