Blog & Podcast
How To Find A Non-Law Job ASAP (TFLP 078)
How do you find a non-law job ASAP? A lot of lawyers reach a stage where they are DONE and just want to find something, anything to get them some space from legal practice. I'm often asked for advice about how to look for a non-law job in this situation. What should...
Alternative Careers for Lawyers: What To Do When You Want To Quit Law
I can't even tell you how many times I Googled "alternative careers for lawyers" while I was working in Biglaw. It was . . . a lot. I hated being a lawyer. Since you're here, I'm guessing that's you as well. You realize that you want to leave legal practice. Or you...
Lawyers, Your Job Should Not Make You Cry
Have you found yourself crying in your office, or on the way to the office, or when working at home? Your Job Should Not Make You Cry Crying because of your job is weirdly normalized in the legal profession. In episode 042 of the podcast, I share why your job should...
Recent Posts & Episodes
What to Look for in a Lawyer Career Coach (TFLP 095)
What to Look for in a Lawyer Career Coach So you’ve decided to seek the help of a lawyer career coach to help you redirect your work path? That’s a good first step. You obviously want a change in your current work life but you may have some misgivings in terms of...
Fear of Career Change & The Unknown After Law with Nnamdi Nwaezeapu (TFLP 094)
Nnamdi Nwaezeapu is a law school student, entrepreneur, and author of Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer: How to Pursue Your Dreams Without Giving Your Parents A Heart Attack. His book is geared towards children of immigrants who are navigating and deciding what to do as a...
Biglaw Burnout – The Biglaw System Creates Burnout (TFLP 093)
The subject of biglaw burnout amongst lawyers is often talked about. Recently, there have been many articles talking about biglaw burnout, and particularly how associates in biglaw are experiencing burnout because of the way that many of biglaw firms were operating in...
Pursuing Your Dreams Without Giving Your Loved Ones a Heart Attack with Nnamdi Nwaezeapu (TFLP 092)
Nnamdi Nwaezeapu is a law school student, entrepreneur, and author of Doctor, Lawyer, Engineer: How to Pursue Your Dreams Without Giving Your Parents A Heart Attack. On this episode Nnamdi shares how his experience as a first generation student shaped his decision to...
How to Know When It’s Time to Hire a Career Coach (TFLP 091)
A question that comes up for a lot of lawyers, especially when they're trying to figure out something else to do with their law degree, other than practice law, is "How to Know When It’s Time to Hire a Career Coach?" I actually think that the answer to that question...
Charting Your Own Path Outside of Biglaw with Jennifer Park (TFLP 090)
Jennifer Park decided to chart her own path outside of Biglaw after law school, working for a legal tech company instead. On this episode, Jennifer shares why she decided this path was right for her, how she made the tough decision despite external pressure, and how...
Is Now The Time to Leave the Law? (TFLP 089)
This week on the show I want to talk to you about a question that I get asked a lot, which is some variation of, “is now the time to leave the law, am I ready to leave the law, have I given the law enough of a chance, etc.?” Generally speaking, when people ask me a...
Designing Your Life and Human-Centered Design in Law with Katherine Porter (TFLP 088)
Katherine Porter is a former lawyer turned consultant at her firm The Resource Woman, who now helps law firms cultivate a culture that attracts people and invites them to actually want to stay. On this episode of the podcast, Katherine shares how the idea of...
Stigma-free Grief Recovery for Lawyers with Heather Horton (TFLP 087)
Heather Horton is a lawyer by training who now operates her own grief recovery company, The H-Squared Group, LLC. On this episode of the podcast, Heather Shares how she moved from accounting to law and now into her current role advocating for and teaching stigma-free...
From Biglaw to Running a Creative Business with Loly Orozco (TFLP 086)
Loly Orozco is a former financial restructuring lawyer turned stationary design company owner. Her company, Little Postage House, sells curated vintage postage stamps and designs and prints all types of paper items from birth announcements to wedding invitations to...