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You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
You Are A Lawyer is a career podcast for lawyers, law students, and law school graduates exploring alternative legal careers, career changes, entrepreneurship, side hustles, and all the unexpected ways to use a law degree. Hosted by Kyla Denanyoh, You Are A Lawyer features candid conversations with attorneys and law school graduates who have taken risks, changed careers, started businesses, survived the bar exam, pursued creative interests, and built lives that don't fit the traditional lawyer…
Episodes
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
The Value of Board Membership feat. Samora Legros
Samora Legros sits on the Board of the Max Cadet Foundation, an organization created to celebrate his grandfather, a lawyer, judge, and dentist. Created with a…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
[REWIND] The Power of Lawyer Referrals featuring Kisha Brown
Lawyers know other lawyers. The power of lawyer referrals is one of the strongest ways to find clients, but lawyers don't understand the practice. Kisha Brown…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Fight for Employment Benefits feat. Misty Leon
Misty Leon didn't know that employee benefits law existed, but the practice perfectly suited her interests and skills. This specialty law practice allowed…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
[REWIND] The Power of a Recovering Superwoman! Why Lawyers Must Delegate feat. Krista Lynn
Krista Lynn Russell wears many hats: lawyer, mom, general counsel, wife, bonus mom, blogger, paid speaker and recovering superwoman. In this episode, Krist…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Skip the Boring Stuff in Podcasting feat. Kyla Denanyoh
Ready to clear your to-do list? Skip the boring stuff and stop editing your podcast, uploading content at the last minute, and sitting on content. Work with KD…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Social Work Impacts the Lawyer Mental Health Crisis feat. Sara Ellis
Sara Ellis, a Lawyers Depression Project board member and social work student, explains why the legal community must create better messaging and more empathy…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Untangle Happiness and Find Career Success featuring Becky Morrison (Nov. 2020)
After working in entrepreneurial finance and Big Law for over 20 years, Becky Morrison asked herself what would make her truly happy. Becky worked as a…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How a Tech CEO is Disrupting a Billion-Dollar Industry feat. Joshua Schwadron
What Can You Do With a Law Degree? Joshua Schwadron became a legal tech founder and CEO because he wanted to improve the lives of people affected by accidents…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
REWIND! How To Create a Million Dollar Business and Skip the Bar Exam featuring Brandi Mowles
Brandi Mowles teaches entrepreneurs to organize their businesses and streamline their onboarding processes to ensure that clients are impressed, retained, and…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Price Your Legal Services Using Law Firm KPI's featuring Mike Chastaine
Michael (Mike) Chastaine is a criminal defense lawyer in New Mexico, US, and believes lawyers are notoriously bad at estimating how long it takes them to…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why Data Driven Lawyers are Better Lawyers featuring Laurie Pascoe
Laurie Pascoe practiced law for 40 years while writing more than 50 law articles and working with countless clients. Laurie's current passion is inspiring…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Build a Business Abroad featuring Christine Job
At 17 years old, Christine Job said she would live abroad in Spain. And she made it happen. After traveling to numerous countries, Christina made a home in…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Protect Your Legacy (and Assets) featuring Scott Rahn
Probate lawyers discover the legacy a loved one intended and how to implement that legacy most fairly. Scott Rahn meets clients during emotional and stressful…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Prepare for Success (and Achieve It) featuring Nick Troxel
Nick Troxel believes that you can do anything with your legal education if you are willing to work hard. Hard work and sacrifice will allow you to reach your…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Save Your Relationships with Mediation (or Divorce Like a Pro) featuring Debra Whitson
Debra Whitson is a former prosecutor who opened a family law practice to improve the lives and relationships of others. Debra is the founder of a family law…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Create a Limitless Career featuring Cara Davis Little
Cara Davis Little works in employment policy during the day, and plans weddings and podcasts during her free time. In Episode 74, find out how Cara created a…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Give Yourself Permission to Change Careers featuring Dena Lefkowitz
Dena Lefkowitz was unhappy working in litigation so she changed firms a few times, before realizing that she needed to get away from this type of practice…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
2023 Podcast Update featuring Kyla Denanyoh
The You Are A Lawyer Podcast promotes lawyers who make fearless career changes, pursue ambitious side hustles, and create extraordinary lives. More than 70…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How the You Are A Lawyer Podcast is Humanizing Lawyers
Lawyers can do anything. Every week, Kyla Denanyoh interviews a game-changing lawyer to discuss how their legal education impacts their life. Because whether…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Crimmigration Law is Changing America (and Why It Matters) featuring Sabrina Thompson
Sabrina Thompson didn't enjoy her immigration law class and was happy to discover crimmigration law (criminal defense + immigration representation) to advocate…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Yoga Improves a Lawyers' Journey and Practice featuring Dana Shaker
Dana Shaker believes that your legal practice can be improved when you improve your mental health. Why? Because participating in community-based activities…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Modernize Personal Injury Law (and Law Firms) featuring Jonathan Rosenfeld
LISTEN TO LEARN Why law school doesn't teach anything about running a business Law firms do not have to be elitist People underestimate all the work it takes…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Stop Forgetting Yourself! Why Advocating For Yourself is Self Care featuring Suzi Hixon
LISTEN TO LEARN Why you need to define your values while obtaining success How to advocate for yourself Why Suzi planned to become a pediatrician The…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Subscription-Based Legal Services are Providing Access to Justice featuring Mathew Kerbis
Subscription-based law firms are shaking up the legal practice in BIG ways. Many actions that lawyers complete, drafting documents, reviewing files, monitoring…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Stop Playing Small featuring Esther Etim
When you stop playing small, you decide that you will accept all the opportunities and blessings that life has to offer. You are always prepared, you are ready…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Avoid Career Burnout with Micro Habits featuring Charlene Gisele
What was the highlight of my day? What did I do really well? What could I do more of? How could I be even better? What decisions did I make? How could that…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Podcasts Can Save Your Life (And Boost Your Law Practice) featuring Robert Ingalls
Robert Ingalls is the Chief Podcast Strategist of LawPods, a full-service podcast production company for lawyers. After a book led him to a podcast, Robert was…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Season Four Finale featuring Kyla Denanyoh
Kyla Denanyoh shares TWO big announcements in this bonus episode of You Are A Lawyer. Listen to find out what was special about Season Four and what to expect…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Have an Amicable Divorce featuring Nicole Kobis
Nicole Kobis became a family lawyer and mediator after a clerkship sparked her interest in this legal field. After realizing that she could advocate for…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Comedy Made Me a Better Lawyer featuring Joel Oster
Joel Oster became a comedian so that he could keep his CLE students awake. After realizing that he enjoyed making people laugh, Joel Oster began to study how…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why Legal Incubators are Creating Better Lawyers featuring Anne-Marie Rabago
Anne-Marie Rabago founded Modern Juris, a legal incubator that she could mold and guide because other incubators were too restrictive. After realizing that…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How I Graduated from Law School with Honors After I Failed Out feat. SeNita McRae
SeNita McRae intentionally attended Historically Black Colleges and Universities for all three of her degrees. After her family tried to convince her to attend…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Value Your Talents and Discover Career Success featuring Megan Smiley
Megan Smiley became a life coach because she wanted to inspire others to find their special talents and strengths. After realizing that she was uncomfortable…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Philanthropic Giving Promotes Diversity and Opportunity in Higher Ed featuring Jera Oliver
Jera Oliver became a Director of Development because she could see inequitable situations everywhere. After realizing that money is a tool, Jera Oliver learned…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Learn to Monetize Your Passions as a Travel Blogger featuring Francesca Chang
Francesca Chang had no idea that learning Mandarin would change her life. The language inspired her father to revisit his motherland and Francesca Chang became…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Budget Like a Lawyer and Become Financially Free featuring Rho Thomas
Rho Thomas became a money coach after she paid off multiple six figures of school debt. After realizing the power of paying more than minimum payments for…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Sales Funnels Create Million Dollar Law Firms featuring Sam Mollaei
Sam Mollaei decided to attend law school because everyone around him was interested in law school. After realizing that traditional law firms did not fit him…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Multiple Career Changes Inspired Me to Become a Career Strategist featuring Michelle Thompson
Michelle Thompson worked for not-for-profit organizations until the stress of her demanding career and poor coping mechanisms challenged her health. With the…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why I Withdrew from the Bar Exam After I was Bullied Into Retaking It featuring Kate Dwyer
When a tweet about withdrawing from the bar exam went viral, Kate Dwyer embraced the attention and interacted with hundreds of people about how to trust…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
LLM vs JD: An Argument for Alternative Legal Degrees featuring Morgyn Jones
Morgyn Jones moved to Cincinnati to spend time in the big city. However, Morgyn Jones didn't know that her first legal career would connect her with a mentor…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Digital Creators Have Unique Legal Issues (And Lawyers Must Take Notice) featuring Jon Tobin
Jon Tobin is the founder and partner of Counsel for Creators, a law firm that protects the designs, creations, and intellectual property of creators. Jon left…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How a Health Scare Made a Patent Prosecutor Change Careers featuring Krista Contino Saumby
Krista Contino Saumby became a patent prosecutor and worked at the big law firms that intimidate everyone. This happened after Krista studied mathematics…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
From Intern to Data Privacy Counsel featuring Terrance Pryor
Terrance Pryor has an atypical legal career because he was an atypical law student. Terrance attended law school for five years as a part-time student…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Maternity Leave Sparked a Real Estate Law Practice featuring Rebecca Larson
Rebecca Larson became the owner and founder of Your Home Legal, a real estate law firm even though she had no interest in property law or real estate while in…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Season 3 Wrap Up with Kyla Denanyoh
Kyla Denanyoh is bursting with energy and excitement because of THREE huge things. First, there is a You Are A Lawyer newsletter that is released on the…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why I Switched Sides; From Prosecutor to Criminal Defense Counsel featuring Christon Halkiotis
Christon Halkiotis always knew that she wanted to become a prosecutor. After interning with the District Attorney's office as a 3L, Christon Halkiotis excelled…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Increase Your Value with Non-Linear Career Moves featuring Jaya Saxena
Jaya Saxena practiced law for a few years before working in law school administration and back to a law firm, but focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How To Start a Law Firm Right After Graduation featuring James Mattox III
James Mattox III intended to become a parole officer before a college professor encouraged him to impact more lives by becoming a lawyer. James Mattox III…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Bold Women Lawyers are Changing the Rules featuring Sharon Christie
Sharon Christie began teaching women lawyers to run successful businesses. After realizing that she no longer loved being a partner in a law firm, Sharon…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why High School is the Right Time to Start Thinking about Law School featuring Jolene Blackbourn
Jolene Blackbourn ignored moot court, law review, and on-campus interviews; everything she could to avoid litigation. After a professor explained that Jolene…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
From Software Developer to Lawyer and IT Director featuring Devin Zito
Devin Zito studied computer information before creating a company that wrote code for financial companies. After being encouraged by his wife to attend law…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why People Avoid Estate Planning (And How Lawyers Can Change This) featuring Justin Stivers
Justin Stivers is the founder and CEO of The Probate Law Firm. Once told that he could do anything with a law degree, Justin Stivers went to law school after a…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why I Never Mention My Yale Law Degree featuring Elisabeth Steele
Elisabeth Steele worked in the White House as a Special Assistant to Thurgood Marshall Jr. before attending law school. Then, Elisabeth Steele taught others…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Technology is Changing Law Firms (and Why Lawyers Don't Know It) featuring Maya Markovich
Maya Markovich is the Chief Growth Officer at Nextlaw Labs, a legal innovation organization founded by Denton's. After working as a change management…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How to Knock Out the Bar Exam featuring Caroline Vickers
Caroline Vickers became a coach for repeat and first-time bar exam takers. After Caroline Vickers started coaching her friends who were taking the bar exam…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
From $40k a Year to a Million Dollar Month featuring Ali Awad
Ali Awad became a social media mogul and edutains (educates and entertainer) others about personal injury law and how to excel with social media. After…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Food Consultants are Creating Stronger Farmers with Candace Spencer
LISTEN TO LEARN Why law school fails at teaching you to be a lawyer The importance of mentorship when choosing a law school Food deserts and how to advance…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How SettleShark Helps You Get Your Money Back (Legally!) featuring David Orozco
David Orozco has not sat for a bar exam, but David has not removed the option of ever taking a bar exam. David creates businesses and teaches with this same…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Why I Moved to Dubai to Teach American Law featuring Michelle Words
If you ever daydreamed about leaving your job, grabbing your passport, and moving to a new country, Michelle Words believes you should and will help you…
- You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
How Filmmaking Taught Me to Advocate for Incarcerated Persons featuring Katherin Hervey
If you think having a law degree limits your creativity you haven't met Katherin Hervey. Katherin has worked as a magazine editor, a public defender, a film…