Casey Berman
Casey Berman (University of California, Hastings ’99), a market research consultant, investment banker and former in-house counsel based in San Francisco, is also the founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law.
Posts by Casey Berman
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Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Why Unhappy Attorneys Who Still Strive For Perfection Have So Much Difficulty In Leaving The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind discusses how perfectionism can be a barrier to leaving an unhappy career in the law. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Seven Skills Attorneys Have That The Rest Of The World Would Die For
Casey Berman reveals seven highly transferable skills lawyers can use when leaving the law behind. - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Seven Skills Attorneys Have That The Rest Of The World Would Die For
Casey Berman talks about the unique skill set that lawyers possess and how it can enable them to successfully leave law behind.
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Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: Three Reasons Why Looking For A Job Can Doom Our Efforts To Leave The Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind gives three reasons why unhappy lawyers should not jump onto job boards right away. -
Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Three Reasons Why Looking For a Job Can Doom Our Efforts to Leave the Law
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind gives three reasons why unhappy lawyers should not jump onto job boards right away. -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
9 Non-Legal Jobs You Can (Really, Truly) Do With A Law Degree
Casey Berman of Leave Law Behind discusses the truth behind the phrase “you can do anything with a law degree” and lists nine real-life, non-legal jobs that are in fairly good alignment with an attorney’s skill set. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
Nine Non-Legal Jobs You Can (Really, Truly) Do With a Law Degree
Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, discusses the truth behind the phrase “You can do anything with a law degree” and lists nine real-life, non-legal jobs that are in fairly good alignment with an attorney’s skill set. -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From the Career Files: How You Can Manage Your Time Well Enough In Order To Leave The Law
Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law, discusses how current attorneys can improve their time management skills to successfully start a new career. - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use. -
Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
How You Can Manage Your Time Well Enough in Order to Leave the Law
Casey Berman of Leaving Law Behind offers time management advice to lawyers looking to carve out a new career path. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From the Career Files: The Fifth Step in Leaving Law Behind -- Get Out There
Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law, discusses the fifth step attorneys can take to leave the law. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
The Fifth Step in Leaving Law Behind – Get Out There
It takes a lot of soul searching and internal and external discussions and personal due diligence to leave the law. But there comes a point when you just need to execute. You just need to get out there. It takes time and patience and courage, but you just need to hit the pavement and begin meeting with people. Casey Berman explains the the Fifth Step in leaving law behind. -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From the Career Files: The Fourth Step in Leaving Law Behind -- Facing Your Fears
Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law, discusses the fourth step attorneys can take to leave the law. -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
The Fourth Step in Leaving Law Behind – Facing Your Fears
Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law, discusses the fourth step attorneys can take to leave the law.
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
From the Career Files: The Third Step in Leaving Law Behind -- Do What You Are Good At
The third step in leaving law behind? Exploring your own unique genius... -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
The Third Step in Leaving Law Behind – Do What You Are Good At
Ed. note: This is another installment in a series of posts from the ATL Career Center’s team of expert contributors. Today, in the third of five related articles, Casey Berman, founder of Leave Law Behind, a blog and community that focuses on helping unhappy attorneys leave the law, discusses the third step attorneys can take […] -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Law Schools, Lawyers
From the Career Files: The Second Step in Leaving Law Behind – Cut Your Losses
The second step in leaving law behind? Getting over law school.... -
Ask the Experts, Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers
The Second Step in Leaving Law Behind – Cut Your Losses
As we discussed in the first article of this series, through Leave Law Behind, I work with many intelligent attorneys who nonetheless are unhappy and want to leave the law behind and do something else. They want to change their life and their work and their focus with the goal to be more satisfied, more […] -
Career Alternatives, Career Center, Career Files, Lawyers, Money
From the Career Files: The First Step in Leaving Law Behind -- It’s the Money, Stupid
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for unhappy attorneys who want to leave the law. -
Career Files, Lawyers
The First Step in Leaving Law Behind – It’s the Money, Stupid
Through Leave Law Behind, I work with many intelligent, driven, personable, resourceful, knowledgeable but nonetheless unhappy, dissatisfied, unmotivated, upset, and burnt out attorneys. They tell me that they want to leave the law behind and explore a completely new line of work. They tell me that they want to change their current practice of the […] -
Ask the Experts, Associate Advice, Career Center, Career Files, General Counsel, In-House Counsel, Lawyers
From the Career Files: What to Consider When Considering an In-House Counsel Position (Part II)
A member of the ATL Career Center's team of expert contributors offers some practical advice for associates considering careers as in-house counsel.