SURVIVOR MODE | A Conversation with Katurah Topps: Cults, Corporate Law to Civil Rights & Survivor 

a candid interview with ‪@katurahtopps‬, contestant on the 45th season of Survivor (and also one of my first best friends in Big Law!) about growing up in a cult, navigating her legal career from corporate attorney to civil rights lawyer, and lessons learned while surviving in a society not built for her to survive in
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0:00 how we met
1:34 growing up in a cult
4:33 big law memory lane
10:49 big law survival tips
12:06 transitioning into civil rights law
14:56 when your dream job is no longer the dream
17:40 plans after Survivor
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❓ F A Q s ❓
how old are you? 32 ('91 baby)
which schools did you go to? yale (undergrad) and harvard (law school)
what did you major in? economics
what was your gpa and lsat score? 3.86/176
what sign/MBTI/enneagram are you? aries, ENFJ, 3w4
are you sure you're not a virgo? no part of my star chart is virgo or an earth sign, i swear