#18 Liz Brown Interview
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03/22/17 • 1857 min
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This is an episode for anyone who is serious about leaving the law right now! In this episode of Love or Leave the Law, Adam Ouellette and Casey Berman interview Liz Brown, Harvard Law grad, former BigLaw partner, and author of the groundbreaking book, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the JD You Have, Liz is an expert on alternative career options for lawyers.
Liz talks with Adam and Casey about why so many lawyers struggle with career change, their unique challenges and options, and creative, effective strategies for identifying next steps. She fleshes out how her “preferred skills theory” helps lawyers reconsider their career options by reframing their talents, using the thirty ex-lawyers profiled in Life After Law, all of whom have found more engaging work outside of law, as examples. Her approach to career reinvention inspires real and positive change. This episode is full of actionable tips to leave the law.
Liz is a professor of business law at Bentley University. In addition to being a former law partner, Liz is also the former Executive Director in Boston of Golden Seeds, the largest source of angel funding for women entrepreneurs. She graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has practiced law in San Francisco, London, and Boston, advising senior executives at Fortune 500 companies on legal strategies and managing multi-million dollar cases from inception to successful resolution. For more about Liz, please see www.lizbrownjd.com.
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Adam J. Ouellette, Esquire
In this episode you will learn:
This is an episode for anyone who is serious about leaving the law right now! In this episode of Love or Leave the Law, Adam Ouellette and Casey Berman interview Liz Brown, Harvard Law grad, former BigLaw partner, and author of the groundbreaking book, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the JD You Have, Liz is an expert on alternative career options for lawyers.
Liz talks with Adam and Casey about why so many lawyers struggle with career change, their unique challenges and options, and creative, effective strategies for identifying next steps. She fleshes out how her “preferred skills theory” helps lawyers reconsider their career options by reframing their talents, using the thirty ex-lawyers profiled in Life After Law, all of whom have found more engaging work outside of law, as examples. Her approach to career reinvention inspires real and positive change. This episode is full of actionable tips to leave the law.
Liz is a professor of business law at Bentley University. In addition to being a former law partner, Liz is also the former Executive Director in Boston of Golden Seeds, the largest source of angel funding for women entrepreneurs. She graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and has practiced law in San Francisco, London, and Boston, advising senior executives at Fortune 500 companies on legal strategies and managing multi-million dollar cases from inception to successful resolution. For more about Liz, please see www.lizbrownjd.com.
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Casey Berman founder – Leave Law Behind
Adam J. Ouellette, Esquire
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#17 Change Your Beliefs, Change Your Life! Part 4
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In this fourth and final episode of Love or Leave the Law’s focus on limiting beliefs, Adam Ouellette and Casey Berman are back to address other thought patterns that can prove stifling to our growth and development. The two dispel the myths that a lawyer’s asking for help is a sign of weakness, that “perfection” is to be aspired to at all costs and or that a lawyer’s ability to provide value beyond the legal professions is close to impossible.
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Adam J. Ouellette, Esquire
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#19 Liz Brown Interview Part 2
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In this episode, Adam and Casey continue their conversation with Liz Brown, author of the groundbreaking book, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the JD You Have. They dig into the struggles lawyers have with leaving the law, how to reposition their legal skills for new alternative careers and tips for women lawyers looking to leave the law.
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Casey Berman founder – Leave Law Behind
Adam J. Ouellette, Esquire
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