Are you pursuing a particular career path simply because you feel like you should? If so, it might be time to pause and listen to this conversation with University of Michigan Law School Professors Bridgette Carr and Vivek Sankaran about why being curious, trying new things, and staying connected to people you care about can help you to design a fulfilling life in the law.

On this podcast Vivek Sankaran and Bridgette Carr discuss the importance of organizational support for the wellbeing of people who work in trauma-filled professions.

As leaders in this field, we need to recognize the pain all around us and create spaces for professionals to openly share their struggles. Lawyers, caseworkers and judges need to create a community in which we can be vulnerable and can express the ways in which the work is impacting us every day.

What does it mean to design a fulfilling life in the law? And how does pro bono fit in? In this episode of Pursuing Justice: The Pro Bono Files, host Alicia Aiken talks to Michigan Law professors Bridgette Carr and Vivek Sankaran and Jessica Morton of Democracy Forward about taking stock and forging your own path — and how pro bono can help.

From the moment we apply to law school, we are led to believe we are on a “yellow brick road.” The road starts by agonizing over which law school to attend. Applicants believe there is one right choice, which they must discern.  Figuring it out, in their mind, is the first step on their yellow brick road.