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From The Career Files: Can You Picture Yourself Leaving The Law?

There can be a lot of anxiety and worry and pent-up negative energy as we consider leaving the law.

From The Career Files: You Are Crazy And So Am I

Tell someone you're close to that you want to leave the law, and they'll try to dissuade you, doubt you, or call you crazy.

From The Career Files: Swimming Lessons For Baby Sharks: Practical Advice For New Lawyers

In law, there are few second chances, and the stakes can be high. Clients can lose their rights, their children, their businesses, or scads of money.

The One Thing People Do To Successfully Leave The Law

For us unhappy lawyers, leaving the practice of law to find an alternative career is not actually hard. Gaining the initial courage to face the fear of leaving the law is.

From The Career Files: The Rest Of Us Don’t Work On Weekends

Many of us attorneys worked last Sunday. Or plan to this coming weekend. Our weekend can often times be full of work.

From The Career Files: The Enemy Between Your Ears: How To Not Stand In Your Own Path To Success

It isn’t unusual to doubt yourself. However, looking back, I’m also able to see that my thinking and lack of emotional intelligence played an important role in my job satisfaction.

From The Career Files: Go Ahead, Ask For A Raise

For some reason, many folks have a hard time asking for a raise.

The New ATL Careers Newsletter: Your Source For Professional Insight And Job Opportunities

ATL is launching a brand new newsletter to bundle all of our great career articles as well exclusive job opportunities.

From The Career Files: 3 Things You Are Worried About

So many of us looking to leave the law are battling with anxiety, self doubt and the fear of the unknown.

Career Change Trap: The Old ‘You Have to Use Your Law Degree’ Myth

By no means are any of you obligated to use your law degree just because everyone else thinks that you should.

From The Career Files: How To Survive As An Associate

Working with people who may not have your back makes things that much harder.

From The Career Files: The Real Life Guide To Living Your Dream

We still do not have 100% support from some of our family members, who largely claim we are risking too much by leaving the financial security of practicing law.

From The Career Files: 12 Email Fails And What They Say About You

Email fails are far from being an affliction of millennial lawyers alone; indeed, lawyers have been failing at the art of communication since their lips started moving.

From The Career Files: We’ll Know It When We Feel It

The hurdle so many of us run into when trying to leave the law is that all we have known ourselves to be in recent years is an unhappy, unfulfilled, not-the-best-but-not-the-worst lawyer.

From The Career Files: 3 Critical Questions To Ask Yourself In Order To Leave The Law

When we truly feel authentic with what we are good at, we become powerful.