Aside from current economic conditions, many attorneys and/or law graduates have sought, and continue to seek, careers in other fields. Per the article, U.S. News & World Report recently reported that Yale Law School affirmed approximately ten percent of their alumni work in a business setting five years after graduation.
Mantis makes several recommendations for attorneys seeking careers in other fields, for whatever the reason. They include doing research via market reports and statistics to determine which fields are growing, as these areas will more likely have better employment opportunities. Mantis also recommends that attorneys and/or law graduates assess what other skills they have that will lend themselves to an alternative career. These skills include research, writing, counseling and negotiating, among others.
A career counselor for over a decade, Hillary Mantis, Esq., specializes in helping lawyers find alternative careers, and she is the author “Alternative Careers for Lawyers”, and “Jobs For Lawyers: Effective Techniques for Getting Hired in Todays Legal Marketplace”. Highlights of “Alternative Careers for Lawyers” include the actual stories of lawyers who changed careers. These include a former NBC news anchor, and an individual who built a multimillion dollar attorney temp agency. Mantis also includes advice on resume building, networking, interviewing, and more.
Mantis is also the Director of the Career Planning Center at Fordham University School of Law. She also served as the Associate Director of Career Services at New York Law School. As well, she is a graduate of both Brown University and Boston College Law School.
