When You Want to Leave Law but Don’t Know What’s Next

If you want to leave law but have no idea what you want to do next, it can feel like you need to figure out at least a few possible options before you are ready to get help. For a lot of unhappy lawyers, though, the problem is not choosing between several clear career paths. Everything outside of practicing law feels like a complete black box, and they do not even know how to start figuring out what might be a good fit. 

In this episode of The Former Lawyer Podcast, Sarah Cottrell explains why not knowing what you want to do next is actually one of the reasons you might work with her. She talks about how she helps lawyers go from having no idea what their options are to identifying possibilities that match their values, strengths, skills, and personality, and why you do not need to go figure out the basics on your own before that process can be useful.

0:29 - Do you need to know what you want to do before working with Sarah

1:17 - When everything outside of practicing law feels like a complete black box

2:35 - You do not need to know what you want to do next before getting help

3:20 - Why not knowing what you want is part of the reason to work with Sarah

3:46 - Going from “I have no idea” to options that match your values, strengths, skills, and personality

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