Gaslighting In The Legal Profession: Are Former Lawyers Just Bitter?

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Recently, I was sent an article from one of the listeners of the Former Lawyer Podcast. This article, entitled</span> <a href= "https://abovethelaw.com/2021/08/why-are-former-lawyers-so-bitter-sometimes/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Former Lawyers Are Bitter Sometimes</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, seems to be premised on two flawed assumptions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first, that former lawyers who are vocal about their negative experiences in a legal profession are doing so because they're bitter. The other one is that being vocal about your negative experiences in legal practice is proof of bitterness. Neither of those assumptions is true.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This speaks to a larger conversation that we need to be having about the legal profession. It closely relates to issues that you are definitely running into if you are unhappy as a lawyer and are considering leaving. Listen to hear more about my take on the article, as I shed some light on the perspective that the author missed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">See Show notes at <a href= "formerlawyer.com/109">formerlawyer.com/109</a></span></p>