An Expert Guide to Leaving the Law
Unhappy in your legal career? Liz Brown & Amy Impellizzeri share their tips for creating a life you love outside the law.
When I was burning out, I didn’t know anyone else who had burned out as a lawyer. Mental health issues were shrouded in shame. This made the process incredibly lonely, and the loneliness was compounded by the sense that everyone else seemed fine. Colleagues were subject to the same pressures but seemed to be thriving. What little energy I had went into masking my misery, until the night I collapsed at Nantes airport and my life changed forever.
Thankfully, today, the support available to people looking to leave the law has increased, thanks in part to the work of two awesome women and former lawyers.
Liz Brown was a Harvard graduate and a partner at a “big law” firm, who went on to write Life After Law and is now a business law professor.
Amy Impellizzeri spent 13 years as a corporate litigator, and her post-law experience prompted her to write Lawyer Interrupted (as well as several top selling fiction books). Together, Liz and Amy have written How To Leave The Law, to be published in 2022, a go-to guide for people looking to make the leap from the legal world.
