Francesca Chang is an ex-lawyer turned travel writer and life coach for lawyers

The Lawyer's Escape Pod

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Francesca Chang is a lawyer turned marketing professional, tech recruiter, published travel writer, and now life coach for lawyers. Francesca tells us about leaving practice to explore various other career opportunities. It’s a great example of what can evolve when you don’t tie yourself to a preconceived notion of what your career might look like.

In this episode, we discuss:

Francesca went to law school because of interest in social justice
Coming out of law school, she worked for solo practitioner which she didn’t love
Francesca started looking for other jobs, and didn’t limit it to legal positions
She was comfortable with change, but was worried about other people’s opinions about leaving practice - particularly lawyers
She ended up in a business development and marketing role for legal services
Francesca then moved to tech recruiting and Ediscovery software marketing
She was on a journey to find the right match, and wasn’t averse to trying different things
Francesca moved to Taiwan when husband was relocated and had to rethink her career yet again
She started travel writing and worked as a tour scout
Francesca has now also begun a life coach business for lawyers

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