Translating Legal Skills for a Non-Legal Job Doesn't Start With Your Resume

Podcast: The Former Lawyer Podcast · Sarah Cottrell

Opublikowano: 2026-05-18

When lawyers start thinking about doing something else, the first thing they reach for is almost always the resume. It feels like real progress. It produces something tangible. And for lawyers who are used to having clear work product, that matters a lot. What actually happens is the opposite. You sit down to revise it, you stare at a bunch of legalese you wrote years ago, and within an hour you've convinced yourself you have no transferable skills and should probably just quit and stay in the law forever. That's not because the skills aren't there. It's...