Ep 84: Why Lawyers Struggle with Communication with Briefly CEO Adam Stofsky

Is it possible to carve out a meaningful career in law by following your passions? What's harder: building a non-profit or a business? What do lawyers have to learn from animators?

Join Adam Stofsky, CEO of Briefly and founder of the New Media Advocacy Project, as he shares how he used high-production documentary video to advocate for human rights across the globe and started a company to help lawyers better communicate with their clients.

Listen as Adam discusses the challenges of non-litigation career paths, founding nonprofit and for-profit companies, the trauma of human rights work, working with creative professionals like animators and voice actors, the importance of bearing witness to human rights abuses, and much more.

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
Why Adam wanted to become a lawyer: 2:29
Starting your career at Debevoise & Plimpton: 5:48
Transitioning into human rights work: 7:20
Founding the non-profit New Media Advocacy Project: 10:48
Dealing with the challenges of human rights advocacy: 17:52
Adam’s biggest accomplishments at NMAP: 23:18
Living on a farm in Upstate New York: 26:20
Founding Briefly: 33:38
Helping lawyers communicate better: 43:46
Lessons from creative professionals: 47:26
Expanding Briefly’s customer base: 50:27
Rapid-fire questions: 56:33
Book recommendations: 59:20

Connect with us:
Adam Stofsky - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstofsky/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

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