Practicing while Black

Our host shares strategies on how to use the free tools and features that LinkedIn offers to maintain a relationship with your professional network. Show notes can be found at: www.practicingwhileblack.com/podcast

Our host shares strategies on how to use the free tools that LinkedIn offers to best (i) prepare for events, (ii) follow up on events, and (iii) meet other professionals through the platform. Show notes can be found at www.PracticingwhileBlack.com/podcast .

Our host shares five tips to make a LinkedIn profile that may make potential employers or clients stop to stare -- and possibly connect. Note: Be sure to familiarize yourself with the ethical rules of your jurisdiction relating to social media.

On her path to becoming an entertainment lawyer, Attorney Rebecca Beliard obtained a variety of experience both in the law, becoming a paralegal, and in the entertainment industry within a variety of roles, including New York radio's Hot 97.

This week, our host responds to a question from a listener who wants to know how to transition to an attorney position from a job in which the listener does not practice law.

Attorney Lenise Williams, self-proclaimed mompreneur, is building a legacy to leave to her two children. In addition to her law firm, Attorney Williams has run multiple businesses both in the digital and physical space.

Attorney Shahara Wright assists businesses with legal needs and business strategy. She developed The CEO Effect, LLC after noticing that many of her clients seeking legal services also needed assistance with growing their businesses.

Attorney Sophia Bernard, lifestyle blogger at Esquire in Love, shares tips on how to create a lifestyle filled with balance. Specifically, she speaks about creating a schedule that allows for fitness, travel, and outside passions.

Attorney Okeoma Moronu of The Happy Lawyer Project podcast discusses lateral law firm moves, how to run your own business within a Big Law firm, and mentorship by those who do not share your ethnicity, race, or gender.

Attorney Kelly Frye Barnett speaks about her journey to becoming a lawyer at one of the largest law firms in her state. Her story begins with her pregnancy at fifteen and giving birth at sixteen, but it certainly does not end there.