LWLS x Lauren Boyd: Transactional Law, Starting Your Own Firm + More

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! Sign up for free here! Get a free trial of Audible using this LINK! Support the Show.Follow us on Instagram @theladieswholawpodcast