In today’s post, you’ll read about Mary Adkins, who followed her dream of leaving Biglaw to become an author. As you’ll read, Mary knew the law wasn’t for her by the second day. Mary has published three novels: When You Read This, Privilege, and Palm Beach with HarperCollins. And she works as a writer’s coach to help other aspiring others. …
In the latest episode of the Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah tackles the reality of a standard piece of career advice for lawyers and not just to lawyers but to many people who are thinking about what they want as a career. This particular piece of advice is generally garbage advice for lawyers. The advice in question is, “do what you…
Are you sick of your job as a lawyer and want to find an alternative career? Have you been searching for a coaching program for lawyers that can support you in that process? If you’ve been thinking about investing in a coaching program for lawyers or even working with a career coach, then today’s blog post will be helpful. Today…
This week, we’re sharing the second part of Sarah’s conversation with her husband and former lawyer, Ed Cottrell to talk about life after Biglaw and his new hybrid role. Last week, Ed and Sarah talked about the beginning of his journey into law and some of the events earlier in his legal career. This week, you’ll read about the later…
Lawyers are under constant stress and pressure yet always have a “this is fine” mentality. “Everything will be fine,” we keep telling ourselves. But, is it really fine? And, is “fine” good enough? This week, you’ll read about Ed Cottrell, a former lawyer and most importantly, Sarah’s husband. Ed had a legal career for 13 years before leaving the law…
On the latest episode of the Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah sat down with former lawyer Landis Wade to talk about his journey in leaving the law after practicing for a long time. 35 years, to be exact. In their conversation, Sarah and Landis touched on many common themes on the podcast and in lawyers that are desperate to leave the…
