Ladies Who Law

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! Use code LADIES at checkout to get your first month free.Lauren Boyd is an attorney in Phoenix, Arizona. However, she never knew she would become an attorney!! She is a graduate of the University of Arizona, with a degree in Finance and Business. In the process of getting that degree, she was exposed to “mock legal counsel” via the law school’s 3rd-year law students. She realized law school could be a beautiful blend of all the things she loved. She shares that the community was different in law school. While she went to the same law school as she did undergrad, not many of her fellow business students went to law school. She says she isolated herself in a sense and treated it like a job. Leaving school at school and life outside of that building was still similar to undergrad. While she knew litigation was not for her she kept her eye on the business side of the law. Including bankruptcy and estates. She also made it full circle and was able to advise the business students as a 3L! Lauren is a *transactional* lawyer and gives ALL the insights into what you should do in law school to get you prepared. Also if you are not in law school yet, these are the types of courses you should look for at different law school programs. Lauren got an in-house counsel job right out of law school from an internship she had in her third year. She says she got the job by showing she was committed to the vision of the company, she was open and willing to move back to Phoenix. Don’t believe that you can’t get the in-house job right after graduation. No one is going to go get those opportunities for you, so go out and get your own job opportunities. Her 1st in-house job was with a Fortune 100 company (Based on rankings from Fortune magazine's Fortune 500 list, the Fortune 100 are the 100 largest public and private companies in the United States based on revenues. The Fortune 100 are a subset of the Fortune 500) she says it was a love-hate relationship because at such a large company there was not the most updated corporate culture. After a great stint at the company and knowing she wanted to be a mom, she decided going out on her own was a great move for her! Lauren now owns her own boutique law firm that DOES NOT work on Fridays, check it out HERE.Follow Lauren on Instagram HEREFACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Starting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! This week the ladies chat with Lauren Klein, their first repeat guest. Listen to Lauren’s first interview with the ladies HERE This episode is all about MONEY. From how to negotiate a salary, what an average salary starts at in different fields, and sources you can read and listen to in order to learn more about #money  The ladies talk salaries from law firms (Boutique means 3-10 lawyers) to big law to the public interest to take a bonus with a lower salary. Lauren discusses feeling worthy to make good money! Don’t let where you go to school effect how much money you think you should make!  Lauren shares her favorite sources to educate herself about Money. Purchase them HERE1. Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki2. Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin3. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill4. The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason5. The Millionaire Woman Next Door by Thomas J. Stanley6. The Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collin’s7. Financial Freedom by Grant SabatierThen the ladies and Lauren dive into debt. The dreaded word and what so many of us take out in order to go to law school. She tells the ladies DON’T put the blinders on! Get comfortable with your debt. Maybe print it out and put it on your mirror!  A few main takeaways: Pay yourself first, try to invest in an index fund or robin hood.In your first year of practice focus on being a good lawyer and as you get good at being a lawyer you can focus on bigger investments like property etc. FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke Starting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! On this week's episode, the ladies chat about internships in law school. But before they dive in on that topic, Samantha shares how she stopped drinking coffee for a year, what she learned about herself! She had her 1st cup of coffee in a year, at her internship, so it felt appropriate to share! Then Samantha shares her internship story. From how she got it to why she is still there. She says at first she was scared to ask questions, but as she became more comfortable at the office she realized she had to ask questions to learn!  Samantha’s tip for working at the firm: If you have an opportunity to talk to one of the lawyers at your dream firm, DO IT! Don’t be scared to put yourself out there because that is how you get confidence. Then Haylie shares her story from her most recent internship. She found the job listed on simplicity and applied immediately. At the interview, she knew she had found a great firm to learn about employment law, so when they offered the job to her on the spot she thought it was fate. Haylie loves working and especially in employment law, so it was hard for her to see the problems she was having. When she started full-time during the summer, she realized it was hard for her to feel comfortable asking questions because she felt like she had to impress people. Because of that many times, she felt lost and alone. She wishes she would have asked for more feedback, but because she doesn’t want to live with regrets, she says remember that for your next job!  Never forget that there are jobs outside of the law and as Haylie and Samantha move towards their first job out of law school, they have realized that there is not just one path. So keep your mind open!! FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke Starting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! On this week's episode, the ladies chat with the "Soulicitor" Ms. Charlene Gisele. First, she shares her story of how she wanted to be a lawyer since she was a little girl. Watching her father in the business world she was driven to do more than just your average student. Charlene went to high school in the states, but after learning she would have to go to four years before starting law school she decided to attend law school in the UK.  Charlene attended Christ College at Cambridge University where Charles Darwin attended, and not only got her English law degree but also her French law degree equivalent at Cambridge.  After graduation, she started working at one of THE BIGGEST law firms in the world, but sadly after about 5 years in Charlene started feeling severely burnt out. She knew something had to change! Leaving everything she had worked for behind, she retrained and qualified as a Primal Health Coach and Corporate Wellness Consultant. She now advises founders and partners from some of the world’s top law firms, CEOs, and corporate executives on how they can optimize their health and wellbeing using a combination of ancestral principles and new-age biohacking techniques to keep stress and burnout at bay.Follow and learn more about Charlene HERE; Linkedin HERE; Instagram HERE FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke @ohh_hayls_yeaStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! On this week's episode, the ladies start out by chatting about a popular law student on tik-tok, Jonathan Arnold (this is the Video we talked about) Do you know him? We'd love to have him on the pod! The ladies give listeners an update on how 3L is going thus far! Then the ladies dive into HOW TO PASS THE MPRE!! Use this program! Also, be on the lookout for a correlating Instagram post on the step-by-step process the ladies used to pass! FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke @ohh_hayls_yeaStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures, and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! On this week's episode, the ladies chat with Dana Shaker a lawyer who works in Policy, certified yoga teacher, and entrepreneur. In 2020, Dana started her own yoga and wellness business designed specifically for lawyers, law students, and professionals, now called Journey and Practice LLC. Dana attended Scripps College in California and through her studies and experiences she knew law school was a way to chase her dreams!  Food law is what actually drove her towards her law school choice, Georgetown Law.  During law school, managed to stay within the food law program and was even an editor on the Food Law journal. Her top tip for current law students: PRIORITIZE YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS!!! After a bit of a struggle and not passing the bar exam two times, Dana was let go from her firm in California and had what she calls her *quarter-life crisis* where she realized she had to prove to herself that she was worthy. After taking the bar exam, she passed the Washington, D.C. Bar. While you might think she would have ended up D.C. surprise surprise she ended up back in California doing policy work. As you can tell Dana understands the particular stressors lawyers (and law students) face, so Dana’s goal is to empower her clients to navigate challenging life circumstances by discovering, embracing, and acting on their inner wisdom—which oftentimes means stepping away from one’s mind and learning instead from one’s physical body and emotions! She offers a variety of yoga and wellness services, including a unique Bar Exam Yoga and Wellness Program for exam takers, something that is near and dear to her heart. Follow her on Insta - @journeyandpractice Check out her website: journeyandpractice.com. FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This weeks episode is sponsored by Barcast Audio - This amazing service, just got better! Check out their new 1L subscription service. The subscription includes hundreds of podcast-like audio case briefs, as well as printable briefs for all the 1L subjects, audio lectures and more! They have included a special link just for listeners of our show, so go HERE to get your 1st month FREE!! On this week’s episode the ladies chat with Yohanna Romero Baca. She is a graduate of George Washington University School of Law.  Before law school Yohanna worked as a paralegal at Squire Patton Boggs for 4 years for before attending law school. During law school Yohanna continued to work at the law firm. In total she worked there 9 years before becoming an attorney. She shares that tax law was her biggest struggle and one of her biggest accomplishments was working full-time and completing law school successfully. Her biggest tip for the current law student is, WAIT FOR IT .... actually do your readings! Haha DUHHHH!! Yohanna is here to talk about the Bar exam. She equates the bar exam to the Olympics – Law school to a marathon  and Undergrad a 5K. She shares her experience taking the bar exam for 1st time. She took a bar prep course. Followed it to a t. Worked at the firm like she did in law school. Sadly, she didn’t pass. She knew at that point she HAD to do things differently. Yohanna changes her mindset. She knew she was NOT going to pass the bar with the 200 multiple choice question. But rather with the writing parts of the Bar Exam. Find out what she did differently by listening to the rest of the episode. Yohanna has a soft spot for struggling bar exam takers because she failed the bar exam before going on to conquer it in 3 states (Texas, Florida, and Maryland). Now she is on a mission to help struggling bar exam takers make the necessary changes to finally pass the bar exam, start doing the work they love, and make a living as licensed attorneys! Follow her on Instagram @yohanna_bar_exam_coach - Linkedin - Website Lastly, check out her FREE resources for law students HEREFACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Starting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! Welcome to SEASON THREE with the Ladies Who Law School Podcast!! This week's episode is sponsored by  Barcast AudioBarcast is now offering A LA CARTE COURSES!!! So, for all of you STARTING law school this is a great opportunity for you to purchase a subject you might be struggling with. You can try out Barcast Audio and see if it is for you!! Get 10% off  your order with promo code: LADIES at checkoutOn this week’s episode, the ladies chat with a friend and law school classmate Helenmarie Edem. She got her undergrad degree at OU in communications and African American studies. She aspires to be a sports agent or corporate counsel one day. Check out her inspiration here,  Agent Nicole LynnShe grew up with a very good trial lawyer in her household, her dad. Helen shares how being a kid of a lawyer affected her choices during her formative years. She finally decided to pursue law school her last year of undergrad when she sat down with her dad and he asked, “have you thought about law school?” She shares her LSAT journey and the program she used as well as her tips. Helen shares her experience with what it's like to have a lawyer dad and attend law school. She says it helps with networking, but there are some misconceptions. Then Helen shares how to make friends in law school and reminds everyone to be themselves!!! #yougettheenergyyouputout Helen shares the two ways she would suggest handling differences in law school. Remember these are your colleagues and we have to extend a professional courtesy to those around us. Follow Helen on Insta @thatssohellzz  and connect with her on Linkedin HEREFACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke @ohh_hayls_yeaStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! Welcome to SEASON THREE with the Ladies Who Law School Podcast!! This week's episode is ALSO sponsored by  Barcast Audio Barcast is now offering A LA CARTE COURSES!!! So, for all of you STARTING law school this is a great opportunity for you to purchase a subject you might be struggling with. You can try out Barcast Audio and see if it is for you!! Get 10% off  your order with promo code: LADIES at checkoutOn this week's episode, the ladies chat with Espy is a Spanish and American Lawyer, who knew she wanted to be a lawyer since the age of 5. After graduating from the JD equivalent in Spain she got a job as a Foreign Attorney Trainee at a law firm in Detroit, MI. After working that job, she knew she was in the right place. So she decided to get her LLM first at the University of Pennsylvania before she took the full financial plunge into getting her JD.  She shares her struggles of not being able to take a year off to study for the LSAT to get into Penn Law’s JD program, and how grades affected her applying to JD programs from LLM programs at Penn. After assessing her options Espy found her place at the University of Arizona where she attended a two-year law program, yes you read that right, she did law school in 2 years! At the U of A Espy was the first international student to join the law review through the write on the competition. Her law review note is where it all started. The topic,  Analysis of Psychological Impact of Law School Education AKA she studied all about the emotional toll Law School takes on a person! Literally, Espy was studying lawyers' mental health before it was “cool”!! Now, fast forward and Espy is back in the Canary Islands writing briefs and appeals in immigration law, as well as training lawyer and law students, like us, about emotional intelligence and mindfulness. Espy also shares her struggles with the Bar Exam and how finding a Bar Exam Coach/Fairy Godmother changed her!Espy has started a new program for law students looking for their own Fairy Godmother to help them through this law school journey. It is called *Warrior in Law* learn more about it HERE.Check out our Instagram LIVE with Espy HERE.FACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast

Send us a Text Message with thoughts, guest suggestions, stories and more, HERE! This week's episode is sponsored by  Barcast Audio  - Barcast is now offering A LA CARTE COURSES!!! So, for all of you STARTING law school this is a great opportunity for you to purchase a subject you might be struggling with. You can try out Barcast Audio and see if it is for you!! Get 10% off  your order with promo code: LADIES at checkoutOn this week's episode, the ladies chat about all things FASHION! Consider this their first Re-Vamp episode. Back in 2020 the ladies chatted fashion, listen HERE and now they're back to chat about updated fashion and how to find your VOICE through what you wear. The ladies and you guys STILL LOVE Amal Clooney, the ultimate fashionable lady lawyer! They dive into what you should look to wear on your "in-between" court days, how to focus on dressing for your body type (take a quiz to find out yours HERE), and why a capsule wardrobe is great for young lady lawyers. The ladies discuss fast fashion and where you can shop to have a more sustainable wardrobe. ThredUp, Poshmark, Thrifting, etc. They also share some of their fav places to shop for good workwear and how you should transition your pieces to better quality pieces are you go through your career. Banana Republic, Loft, and Alex Marie Watch a great TikTok about Capsule Wardrobe HEREFACEBOOK GROUP <- Make sure to join the convo and meet other pre-law students, law students, and young attorneys!Follow us on social!FacebookInstagram Twitter Tik TokGive us a 5-star rating & subscribe for more!xoxo stay safe and healthy,The LadiesSamantha & Haylie@samanthalemke @ohh_hayls_yeaStarting law school this fall? You NEED to join the 1L Masterclass today! https://www.1lmasterclass.com/ Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the showFollow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast