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Podcast: You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in Law
Episode: Choosing a Different Kind of Legal Career with Akshay Verma
Description: Akshay Verma is the Chief Operating Officer at SpotDraft and a former environmental lawyer whose career spans law firms, legal operations, and executive leadership in tech. In this episode, Akshay shares what it felt like to leave firm life, take a financial risk for his family, and build a career that better aligned with how he wanted to live and work.Lawyer Side HustlesAlongside his executive career, Akshay has become deeply involved in teaching and mentorship. He teaches at Santa Clara Law University and regularly speaks to law students and early-career...