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.
This episodes’s podcast guest, Lauren Bernadett, is sharing how she managed to negotiate a full-ride to law school—and still found herself feeling stuck in law when she wanted to make a change in her career. No student loans, no getting stuck? Lauren spent a lot of time negotiating a full-ride scholarship to law school so that she wouldn’t find herself…
The sunk costs fallacy is one of the biggest obstacles unhappy lawyers face when they start to consider leaving the law. Have you ever thought, “If I leave my job/the law, I’ll be wasting all the time and money I spent becoming a lawyer!” Of course you have, because literally every lawyer thinks this at some point (or daily)! It…
Do you think there’s something wrong with you because you don’t like being a lawyer? Do you wonder why everyone else seems to be able to handle it while you feel unbelievably miserable? There is nothing wrong with you! On episode 044 of the podcast, I shared about another myth that keeps lawyers stuck in jobs they hate: that there’s…
There is no perfect next step if you hate being a lawyer. On episode 43 of the podcast, we kicked off a series where we talked about some of the myths that keep lawyers stuck in jobs they hate. This week: the myth of the perfect next step. Spoiler alert: there is no perfect next step! Listen in to hear…
Are you crying because of your job as a lawyer? Hang tight for some advice! Your Job Should Not Make You Cry If you regularly cry because of your job, there is something wrong. Unfortunately, there are many lawyers who have experienced that, whether it was crying in the office or before going to work. It’s so normalized in the…
