What do lawyers do when they leave law practice? In DC, baking appears to be popular
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If you like cupcakes and ice cream and live in Washington, D.C., you and others with your tastes might be helping former lawyers.
Baking appears to be one of the occupations of choice for former lawyers in the area, the Washington Post reports. Former lawyers founded Curbside Cupcakes, Cakelove and Baked by Yael. And what’s cake without ice cream? A former government lawyer offers “whimsical flavors” at her company, Ice Cream Jubilee.
Cake pop maker Yael Krigman tells the Post that the business is a nice contrast to practicing law. “We’re making people happy,” she says. “There’s nothing adversarial about baking.”
The Post lists other food-and-drink-related companies created by lawyers, including Cork (a wine bar), Slate (also a wine bar), Neat Meat (a sloppy joe food truck), GCDC (a grilled cheese restaurant), and Tribes-a-Dozen (making kosher challah mix).
The Post also lists several lawyer-created tech companies or websites based in the Washington area, including Activity Rocket (a website that helps busy parents schedule activities for their kids), Synapsify (offers software that analyzes and ranks text such as social media posts and news stories for companies), UberOffices (offers on-demand office space) and Silica Labs (creates software for Google Glass and other wearable technology).
“It’s true, what they say,” the Post says. “You can do anything with a law degree.”
See also:
ABA Journal: “6 lawyers with food truck businesses”
