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…
In the latest episode of the Former Lawyer, Sarah takes a break from interviewing former lawyers to talk about a realization that many of her clients have when they start the process of finding a post-legal career. Something can be simple and still not be easy. While these two words are often used synonymously, they aren’t the same. Not in…
Welcome back to the Former Lawyer Blog. On this episode of the podcast, Sarah had a conversation with Adam Pascarella about his journey in writing a book while leaving the law. Adam is currently the founder and CEO of Second Order Capital Management. But before that, Adam worked in Biglaw as an associate and ended up writing a book while…
If you’re a regular reader of the blog, you know that I practiced law for ten years, and now, I help unhappy lawyers ditch their soul-sucking jobs. On this blog, I share advice for aspiring former lawyers and interviews from my podcast to help you through the process of leaving and finding a new career. Today, I want to talk…
This week, I’m sharing my conversation with Julie Lythcott-Haims. I first heard Julie share her story on a podcast called The Anxious Achiever Podcast. After listening, I immediately asked her to come onto The Former Lawyer Podcast and share her story. Julie started her legal career in Biglaw, then she went in-house. But after falling out of love with the…
