Do you hate working as a lawyer? Are you an unhappy lawyer who wants to leave the law, but isn’t sure what to do next? Do your family and friends think you’re crazy for wanting to leave the law, or are you too afraid to tell them you don’t want to be a lawyer? The Former Lawyer Podcast is for you! Each week, host Sarah Cottrell interviews a different former lawyer who has left the law behind. Hear inspiring stories about how these former lawyers are thriving and found their way to careers and lives they love.
Today, I’m sharing my conversation with Karen Spencer. Karen is a former lawyer who responded to my requests for guests who had experience in patent law. Karen has an interesting background, coming to the legal profession from engineering. First, she wanted to work in general commercial law but ended up in patent law. She soared through the legal realm, even…
Today I’m sharing a bit from my conversation with Annie Little, a former lawyer turned coach for lawyers. I had spoken to her before for the podcast. But, I wanted to talk to her again as she reflects o living with ADHD as a lawyer after recently being diagnosed. This is something that I wanted to talk about but didn’t…
Today, I am sharing my conversation with David Sparks. David practiced law for close to 30 years and he has only recently left his job in the law to focus on his growing side hustle, MacSparky. In our conversation, we spoke about many different things including what he has found surprising about leaving the law, some of the responses he’s…
Today is going to be a little bit of a spicy episode, and we’ll be talking today about The No Assholes Rule. I’m guessing that most of you in the legal profession have heard of this “rule”. It often comes up in interviews where you’re interviewing with a legal workplace. This happens most often in large firms, but not always….
On the latest episode of the Former Lawyer Podcast, I spoke with Ashley Chi. Ashley worked in Biglaw for seven years in patent litigation. Then, she went in-house and managed outside patent prosecution attorneys. Now, she works as a legal recruiter. The episode was listener-requested, looking for a former lawyer who had experience in Biglaw patent work and has had…
As you know, one of the things I do is share advice and strategies for aspiring former lawyers. Today, I’m going to talk about a question that comes up frequently when people are thinking about joining the Collab, do group programs work for introverts? I am an introvert myself, I totally understand feeling drained by interactions with people, even if…
