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Lawyers Who LeadNALP’s 2023 AEC: Designing Your Own Path with Anjie VichayanondaIn the final episode of our coverage of NALP's 2023 Annual Education Conference (AEC) in Vancouver, B.C., Sigalle interviews Anjie Vichayanonda, Chief Operations Officer and IP attorney at Creedon PLLC, a law firm that builds and protects great brands by providing experienced intellectual property and business legal counsel.
Visit https://www.creedon.com/ to learn more.
National Association for Law Placement NALP is an association of over 2,500 legal career professionals who advise law students, lawyers, law offices, and law schools in North America and beyond. Visit https://www.nalp.org to learn more.
2023-05-0415 min
You Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in LawHow To Start a Law Firm Right After Graduation featuring James Mattox IIIJames Mattox III intended to become a parole officer before a college professor encouraged him to impact more lives by becoming a lawyer. James Mattox III started law school without knowing anyone who looked like him or came from a small town. Now, James Mattox III is co-founder of the law firm that specializes in personal injury, bankruptcy, and Texas family law.Listen to learn:Advice for cofounding a law firmWhy bankruptcy and personal injury law pair are complementary practicesThe benefits of virtual law firms for new lawyers2022-03-3128 min
Why São Paulo?12. The Importance of Mentors in Your Career Anjie Vichayanonda is the CEO/Founder of Leg Up Legal, a company that provides a prelaw mentoring platform and mobile app to connect prospective law students with attorney mentors. Prior to founding Leg Up Legal, Anjie practiced trademark and copyright law in Washington, D.C., and in Dallas, Texas. Anjie has worked in both boutique firms and BigLaw and served clients ranging from entrepreneurs and small businesses to Fortune 100 companies. She currently is Of Counsel to Andrea Sager Law PLLC. As a first-generation Asian American Lawyer, she is a passionate DEI advocate and strong proponent of mentoring...2021-08-3137 min
The Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 7: Part-time Law School, Jury Consulting, Insurance Defense, and In-House Life Hello listeners! My name is Brooke, and I'm an undergraduate student at Oklahoma State University. I'm majoring in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and planning to apply to law school this fall. I'm interning for Leg Up Legal and I'll be today's guest host for The Law Lives Project. This week's guest had a rough start to law school due to a bad relationship, but managed to find her way. She got exposure to law by working for a jury consulting company and she decided to continue working for that company and go to law school part-time. After law...2021-08-1249 minYou Are A Lawyer: Take Risks and Change Careers in LawWhy Pre-Law Students Need Mentors (and Practicing Lawyers Too!) featuring Anjie VichayanondaAnjie Vichayanonda is a first generation lawyer who sought out lawyers to gain a better understanding of law school. Anjie was connected with a wonderful mentor and followed her dreams to becoming a lawyer. However, Anjie wants to make it easier for others to learn about law school and find mentors. Anjie created Leg Up Legal, which is a virtual mentorship platform to connect pre-law students to lawyers. Schools may join Leg Up Legal to provide their services to students or individuals may use the Leg Up Legal app to be connected with lawyers and learn more befo...2021-07-0816 minThe Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 6: Interning in South Korea, Working In-house in Healthcare, and Becoming a Life Coach This week's guest is a full-time lawyer and life coach. She went to a T-14 law school admittedly to make money, but quickly found out that her path would not be an easy one. After graduating law school and having difficulty finding her first job and struggling with her own health, she decided to get certified in personal training and became a fitness coach while working in a fellowship. After her fellowship, she landed an in-house job and started building her life coaching practice on the side. I can't wait for you to learn her lessons of...2021-04-2736 minThe Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 5: From Humble Beginnings to Making Six-Figures as a Commercial Litigator at a Mid-size Litigation Boutique Today's guest started off with humble beginnings and eventually earned her way into working in a highly competitive commercial litigation boutique. Although she developed an interest in law school during college, she had very limited financial resources and had difficulty applying to law school. She discusses her experiences in attending a low-ranked law school and her difficulties in obtaining her first job. But, with hard work she found a passion in litigation and found her way into working in a very competitive commercial litigation boutique and finally achieving the financial stability she wanted. Keep listening to hear...2021-04-041h 02
The Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 4: Tenacity, Taking Risks, and Tax Law This week, I'm sitting down with a tax attorney who found herself going to a law school that she didn't ever apply to due to some unforeseen circumstances. After believing that she would be hired by her mentor at a large law firm after law school, she received tough advice from her mentor that ultimately led her to land a job with a solo practitioner. The solo practitioner initially rejected her requests for interviews and meetings, but eventually he saw her passion and tenacity. They grew their practice to be the third largest practice in their niche...2021-03-1140 min
The Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 3: Juggling Multiple In-House Roles, Professional Conflicts, and Divorce This week's guest gets up close and personal with us about the struggles of balancing her career with an abusive relationship, divorce, and a professional conflict at work. She was able to gain tons of skills early on in her career from sampling many different in-house roles, but her greatest challenges came from people problems at work and at home. There's no way for me to express how thankful I am that she was willing to discuss these tough issues that not many people are willing to articulate so let's just jump right in so that you...2021-03-021h 05
The Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 2: From Law School to BigLaw to the SEC with Twins in Tow Today's guest had two major surprises while attending Columbia Law School. Specifically, she found out that she was pregnant with twins in her 2L year. Thankfully, she had a strong support system of family and friends that helped her finish law school on time and land a job in BigLaw in litigation. She managed to juggle the demands of work and single parenting for eight years in BigLaw before transitioning to a role in the investigations department of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Eventually, she left the SEC to become an accredited Financial Counselor to help lawyers...2021-02-231h 03
The Law Lives ProjectSeries 2, Episode 1: Sports Law and Charting Your Own Path We are so excited to kick off Season 2 of The Law Lives Project! Our very first guest of the season is an attorney who has truly charted her own path focused on sports and entertainment law. She managed to snag several sports-related internships in law school, despite struggling with several personal challenges. Early on in her career, she realized the importance of finding an employer who shares her values, so she has spent lots of time exploring different roles to design a career that truly aligns with her passions and beliefs. 2021-02-121h 02
Legally Speaking PodcastLeg Up Legal - Angie Vichayanonda - S3E21Send us a text This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Rob Hanna is joined by Anjie Vichayanonda, a trademark and copyright lawyer turned entrepreneur who is changing the industry through mentorship. Having worked at Under Armour, Kelly IP LLP and Haynes and Boone LLP, she founded Leg Up Legal in late 2018. The firm has revolutionised mentoring and networking for prospective law students in the United States. The decision to start her firm was partly based on her own pers...2020-12-2136 min
Your Potential For EverythingSeries 4, Episode 5: From Lawyer to Entrepreneur with Anjie Vichayanonda This is Part 2 of a 2-part series that centers around Side Hustles and Entrepreneurship with guest Anjie V. Anjie knew she wanted to take her mentoring business full-time so she saved up money at her Big Law job so she could make the jump with a financial cushion in case things didn’t work out. Her attorney colleagues thought she was a little crazy to leave the financial security of her job to pursue a mentoring business, but Anjie was undeterred. She shares her journey with me and how she turned from a trademark attorney to a fu...2020-12-0831 min
Under OathIntellectual Property Law & moreIn this episode our host Maisha Shaeef, a sophomore finance major who is also the production chair for WPL, speaks to the guest for today, Anjie VIchayanonda. Anjie is an Intellectual property attorney who graduated from UTD in 2008 and went to Franklin Pierce School of Law in New Hampshire. They discuss about her journey from a business administration major to a career switch to law school and now as a career coach and CEO of her own company. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/haniya-siddiqui/message2020-11-1331 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode 12: Trademark, Copyright, and Small Business Attorney This week, Anjie chats with a young lawyer who practices intellectual property law with a solo practitioner, and together they help small business owners. Our guest shares some details about his challenges of keeping up with the curve in law school while having dyslexia, and dealing with the learning disability during his practice. Despite these challenges, he passed the bar on his first try, and he's had a wonderful start to his career.2020-11-131h 04
The Gold StandardAnjie Vichayanonda2020-11-1000 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode 11: Paralegal and Soon-to-be Lawyer Our guest this week is a paralegal, who is training to be an attorney. We'll discuss her path from going to law school, to working as a paralegal. We'll also touch on how she decided to go into personal injury law. 2020-11-0625 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Ten: Plaintiff-side Personal Injury Lawyer Today’s guest is a civil litigator. We’ll discuss his career path from law school to working as a personal injury attorney. We’ll also touch on his experience of attending law school while working full time as a teacher.2020-10-3039 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Nine: First-Gen JD/MPP Non-traditional Student, Law School Mom, State DOJ Counsel, Municipal Law Attorney, Assistant General Counsel, Law Firm Owner, and SUPERWOMAN In today’s episode, I’ll be chatting with an attorney in private practice at a boutique law firm. She obtained a master’s degree while pursuing her law degree. And she’s held practically every legal job in the book to working at the North Carolina Department of Justice, transitioning to municipal law practice, moving in-house to serve a business, starting her own firm, and finally joining a boutique firm. We’ll also discuss how she navigated becoming a new mother during her first year of law school.2020-10-2346 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Eight: From Law School Straight to the Attorney General's Office A Texas lawyer describes his journey from Law School to the Attorney General's Office, and how to make friends and contacts from opposing sides on the way. He explains how most cases are settled before they come to court, and how much he loves his work and professional friendships with the Texas judges and lawyers. 2020-10-1659 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Seven: From Law School to Trial Judge In this episode, Anjie will be speaking with another state civil court trial judge. We’ll be going over his career path from law school to working in personal injury law to his current role. We’ll also touch on his decision to transfer law schools after his first semester and the ins and outs of being a civil trial judge.2020-10-1041 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Six: From the Military to Legal Practice In this episode, a military veteran tells the story of his journey to law school, discovering a passion for litigation during law school, interning with the district attorney's office, working for a boutique litigation firm doing admiralty and maritime work, and finally getting recruited into an in-house position in a small company in the energy industry. He explains that he had some misconceptions of being an in-house lawyer when he first started and he learned that being in-house really means serving a lot of different clients and stakeholders within a single organization. Our guest host...2020-10-0354 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode 5: From Prosecution to Defense In this episode, a lawyer discusses her journey from a state law school, to being a prosecutor, to running her own practice specializing in criminal defense. She was waitlisted or rejected by every law school she applied to, but she applied again in the next cycle and received an offer of admission. Attending a state law school and commuting from home gave her the opportunity to save money and obtain her law degree without incurring a lot of debt. She describes her experiences as a white woman attending a historically black law school as "the best experience...2020-09-2539 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Four: In-House Lawyer to Contracts Management CEO This week, a CEO of a contracts management company describes her journey from law school to running her own company. She knew she wasn't made for the traditional law firm environment. As a white woman who learned Chinese, she new at a very early age that she wanted to be involved in international business. Shortly after law school, she went in-house for a tubing manufacturing company and eventually made her way to one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, eventually leaving to create her own company in a niche that most people don't even know...2020-09-1847 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Three: From Litigator to State Court Judge This week, Anjie chats with an African-American State Court Judge about his journey from Harvard Law School to the bench. Our guest discusses what he learned about litigation and being a lawyer, how he decided to run for election to the bench, the joy he feels from helping individuals achieve justice, and how he rejects the overtures from people who crave influence through compliments. He also shares some candid thoughts about how hard our profession still needs to work at diversifying its ranks.2020-09-1130 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode Two: An employment lawyer's journey This week, Anjie sits down with an attorney who had an unlikely start as a broadcast communications student, but she pivoted to a 20-year career in law culminating in a job with a big firm, working as an employment attorney. This week's guest has lots of advice about working hard, finding an area of practice you like, choosing a group of colleagues who work well together, and balancing work and family. 2020-09-0441 min
The Law Lives ProjectLaw Lives Project, Episode One This week, Anjie V. speaks with an intellectual property attorney about the pros and cons of running her own solo practice. Her career path from law school took her through both criminal and civil law. About the Law Lives Project: Many of us lawyers didn't have it all figured out from the start. It takes time to find your way in law. This podcast sheds light on some of the challenges people face in the earliest part of building their careers. Each week, Anjie Vichayanonda sits down with members of the legal profession, to chat ab...2020-08-3041 min
Reinventing ProfessionalsDeciding Whether to Enroll in Law SchoolI spoke with Anjie Vichayanonda, the founder of Leg Up Legal, a mentoring program and platform for prospective law students. We discussed the genesis of Leg Up Legal, the Virtual Legal Career Boot Camp, legal career challenges and opportunities, and whether you should enroll in law school this fall.2020-08-0513 min
Reinventing ProfessionalsDeciding Whether to Enroll in Law SchoolI spoke with Anjie Vichayanonda, the founder of Leg Up Legal, a mentoring program and platform for prospective law students. We discussed the genesis of Leg Up Legal, the Virtual Legal Career Boot Camp, legal career challenges and opportunities, and whether you should enroll in law school this fall.
2020-08-0513 minReinventing ProfessionalsDeciding Whether to Enroll in Law SchoolI spoke with Anjie Vichayanonda, the founder of Leg Up Legal, a mentoring program and platform for prospective law students. We discussed the genesis of Leg Up Legal, the Virtual Legal Career Boot Camp, legal career challenges and opportunities, and whether you should enroll in law school this fall.
2020-08-0513 min
The Up & ComingNeed a Leg Up for your career?To round out season one for the Up & Coming, we had the pleasure of discussing the legal aspect of entrepreneurship with attorney turned entrepreneur, Anjie Vichayanonda. She is the CEO & founder of Leg Up Legal, the first nationwide prelaw mentoring program helping members explore various legal career paths, build career skills, and connect with real lawyers. Listen in as she shares the problem she sought to solve, the various obstacles she has overcome, and the best entrepreneurial resources at UTD.
Connect with Anjie: https://bit.ly/3gFzb0F
Leg...2020-05-3137 min