Avoiding Burnout: Building a Sustainable Legal Career

About this episode

The episode discusses strategies for building a sustainable legal career while avoiding burnout, featuring insights from career coach Dena Lefkowitz.

On the Law Practice podcast, host Terrell interviews career coach and former attorney Dena Lefkowitz about navigating a legal career without burning out. Dena shares how, after over 20 years practicing law, she realized law school didn’t prepare lawyers for the business of law—networking, marketing, and sales—and that lawyers themselves must generate business. She describes feeling embarrassed after discovering that litigation was a poor fit for her personality and values, and warns against “...

People in this episode

Host: Terrell

Guest: Dena Lefkowitz

Topics covered

• burnout
• legal career
• career coaching
• business of law
• networking
• marketing
• sales

Keywords

• burnout
• legal career
• career coaching
• networking
• marketing
• sales
• law school

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