Episode
Tolerating Your Lawyer Job While You're Preparing to Leave
- Podcast
- The Former Lawyer Podcast
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- Apr 27, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 691
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Summary
There are two very different situations a lawyer can be in when they start thinking about leaving. One is a job that is actively damaging their mental, physical, and emotional health. The other is a job that is just not the long-term answer. What you do to tolerate either one while you're preparing to leave is going to look pretty different. The lawyers who come to Sarah after making a move that did not work out are usually the ones who waited until they were close to leaving to start thinkin...