The Lawyer's Escape Pod

Lisa Rosen leaves litigation to work at an environmental non-profit organization


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Lisa Rosen is the Chief Operating Officer at SustainCERT. After starting her career in litigation, Lisa followed her interest in environmental issues to an in-house legal position at a non-profit and ultimately transitioned into an operations role there. Lisa’s story shows how your legal experience is seen as valuable for a non-legal position and that by taking that first step, you put yourself on the path for new, more interesting opportunities to present themselves.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Lisa felt that the conflicts of interest inherent in the billable hour system was misaligned with her values and integrity 
  • Lisa followed her interest in environmental issues into carbon credit work 
  • Lisa found work that was intellectually challenging, but wasn’t technically practicing law
  • Eventually, her position evolved into a general counsel role
  • Lisa raised her hand when the Chief Operating Officer role opened up and transitioned to that 
  • The importance of resourcefulness  
  • Failure is part of the path to your goal
  • Lisa has come to realize that what she enjoys is operating a company
  • Lawyer’s Escape Plan Quiz: http://bit.ly/lawyersescaperoutequiz

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    The Lawyer's Escape PodBy Megan Smiley

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