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Executive Director
National Association of Law Placement (NALP)

Making a Difference as Leader of NALP

Chief Change Navigator, Futurist, Advisor
Her latest book:  Flux:  8 Superpowers for Thriving in Constant Change

Futurist predicts ‘bright’ for ex judicata

Part II and Part I

President & CEO

Law School Admission Council (LSAC)

(Incoming Executive Director & CEO)

Association of American Law Schools (AALS)

From summer associate to the most influential person in legal education

Featured on The Legal Burnouts Podcast Legal Burnouts – Nonlegal Lawyers ex judicata was featured in an episode on The…

Why the Savviest CHROs Love Hiring Lawyers for Nonlegal Jobs and How Candidates Can Set Themselves Up for Success Journalist…

Autism Friendship and Dating Coach and Founder
My Best Social Life

Former prosecutor and bank litigator to autism and neurodiversity friendship and dating coach.

Featured on law.com The Law Firm Disrupted: Helping Pave a New Path Out of Big Law The timing is fortuitous…

Co-Chief Operating Officer
Burford Capital

Critical thinking guides a legal entrepreneur to success

ex judicata recently sat down with Jordana Confino, Founder of JC Coaching & Consulting, Yale Law School graduate, and self-described “recovering lawyering and type A+ perfectionist” to discuss: how googling “How to be happy” inspired Jordana’s career pivot, values alignment, perfectionism recovery, and how to successfully transition to a nonlegal career.

Dean and Charles E. Cantu Distinguished
Professor of Law
St. Mary’s University School of Law

Transforming lives through legal education at St. Mary’s

On April 23 of 1910 Teddy Roosevelt delivered a speech entitled “Citizenship in a Republic.” This came to be known as the man in the arena speech.

Founder & Singer-Songwriter
Paula Boggs Band

Achieving harmony in an incredible life

Chief Revenue Officer
Latitude Legal

If at first, you don’t succeed… Now legal tech executive and LinkedIn Star

As if it were not hard enough transitioning from law to business a certain percentage of attorneys find themselves suffering from impostor syndrome…

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Trellis Research, Inc.

From law firm litigator to legal tech titan

Overcoming Common Hurdles to Leaving Law for a New Career.

A growing number of lawyers are hitting the wall. That is, coming to the realization that they don’t want to continue to practice law.  It’s not just lawyers of course.  In the age of the Great Resignation, all sorts of people are realizing they want to seek greener pastures.  Even if they don’t know what those greener pastures are.

If you ask 100 attorneys, who successfully transitioned to careers in business, how they did it you’ll likely get 100 different answers.

Former Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer
Pitney Bowes Inc.

Copy that: from law to HR head at Pitney Bowes

President & Co-Founder
Brant & Cochran

The Axeman Cometh

Making the leap from practicing attorney to businessperson is almost certainly the most daunting professional challenge you will ever undertake…