Alternatives Available In Legal Profession Given the dissatisfaction rampant in the legal profession and the problems inherent in creating a part-time schedule, many lawyers now face tremendously difficult decisions: (212 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Comparative Skills Worksheet Exploring Alternative Legal Careers Skills Worksheet (203 views)
Academic Careers for JDs With the notoriously difficult legal market nowadays, a lot of JDs are considering what alternatives they have to finding something in Big Law. One of the options worth considering is working in Academia. Are you in love with the bountiful books in the libraries, the youthful enthusiasm of the students, and the wizened widely-read discussions of professors? You might make... (199 views)
Explore Non-Legal Business Careers: What You Need To Know Obtaining a law degree does not necessarily translate into a career of practicing law. Some law school graduates have found that following a non-legal business career path can be just as or even more rewarding. Just ask Nick Spriggs. (178 views)
Non-Legal Career Alternatives for Law Graduates Non-legal alternatives available to law graduates differ from law-related alternatives in several important ways. A law background-both educational and experiential-may or may not help, depending on the discipline. Because of this, you may encounter more difficulty in identifying and then finding a job. You will probably experience similar difficulty in marketing yourself... (164 views)
Should You Become an In-House Lawyer? Summary: Is it really worth going in-house? Find out what going in-house is like and whether the choice is right for you. (156 views)
How to Become a Judge As many know, judges are crucial to our country�s legal system. Judges carry a huge responsibility upon their shoulders. But many are unaware as to how judges actually enter this field. Read on to learn more. (153 views)
Where to Start When Searching for Alternative Careers for an Attorney? It's perfectly normal in the 20th century to find people who shift fields in the middle of their careers, and it is as much true for attorneys as for other professionals. In particular, attorneys have a greater number of alternatives than professionals from other fields, because practicing as an attorney has its inherent advantages including the creation of a powerful... (148 views)
Self-Assess Your Transferrable Legal Skills Once you are committed to the idea of a non-traditional career you should remember the importance of beginning the job search in an organized manner. Defining transferable skills is an important first step. Transferable skills are the skills and abilities you possess that you plan to utilize in the new posi¬tion you are seeking. The most important of these to consider are... (147 views)
The Job Offer: Accepting a Non-Legal Position Any job search is an emotional and exhausting time in your life. Search¬ing for a non-legal position with a law degree is especially difficult. You will find yourself educating employers about the specifics of a law degree and all the wonderful skills a legally trained professional can bring to their organiza¬tion, while trying to sell yourself as an individual. It may... (127 views)
Selling Yourself At A Non-Legal Jobs – Do’s And Don’ts Once you have taken the decision, and obviously it is the right one, that you are not going to stay routed in the erroneous belief that law school students must end up as lawyers, convince yourself that you are better equipped than most others for non-legal jobs. (126 views)
Purchasing and Contract Administration Jobs for Lawyers It may seem a little odd to join purchasing, which is concerned with the assembling of supplies, equipment and services essential to the company's production, and contract administration, which is concerned essentially with the sale of products, in a single category. Yet in reality they are closely related inasmuch as both are primarily concerned with the developing and... (121 views)
Top 3 Reasons Attorneys Decide to Move In-house What is it about going in-house that seems to increasingly draw attorneys from law firms to in-house legal departments? According to a recent survey by NALP, the attrition rate for experienced attorneys with about five years of experience jumped dramatically, from 60 percent in 2000 to 78 percent in 2005. A BCG Attorney Search survey concluded that approximately 80 percent... (115 views)
How to Reinvent Your Career If you work long enough, something along the way will probably happen to you. You will work with a co�worker who drives you crazy, a boss that doesn't get you, or an employee that keeps you up at night. (110 views)
The transition from the world of fashion to legal career by Rory Brewton Have shows like Project Runway and America's Next Top Model got you itching to jump up off your thrift store couch and strut your stuff? Do you often feel like your own little version of Stacy London and Clinton Kelly walking around telling everyone what not to wear? Why not take a hint from Baylor Law School's Rory Brewton and stage your very own law school fashion show? (108 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Job Hunting Tools There are three main methods utilized in the job hunting process: (108 views)
Pros And Cons Of An Alternative Legal Career For Lawyers One of the inescapable facts of any career decision is that it will have both its pros and its cons. Since your needs, interests and abilities will not be a duplication of those of another person, it is vitally important that you give careful consideration to all the factors that might bear upon the success of your final decision. (100 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Create a Non-Law Resume Worksheet Exploring Alternative Legal Careers Non-Legal Resume Worksheet (96 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Writing a Non-Legal Career Survey Exploring Alternative Legal Careers Non-Legal Career Survey (95 views)
Alternative Legal Careers: Defining Your Perfect Career List the qualifications that your ideal job would possess. These qualific-ations may be tangible or intangible. There are no boundaries, except the ones that you set. (88 views)
Researching Your New Career in a Non-Legal Field One of the goals of your research program was the development of your own listing of potential employers. Names and addresses alone, however, will not be enough for an effective job search. What you will require is a system for organizing the information you will be acquiring. (86 views)
Career Transitional Strategies The first step in starting a career transition is to look within yourself. Many people make the mistake of looking only to the job market. They look through the classified ads or call head-hunters. They look for what "they can get." They don't spend any time thinking about what they really want-or how to figure out a way to position themselves so they can get it. (85 views)
How Michael Tyler, Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Gateway, Inc began his career in law ... (83 views)
Taking a hiatus from practicing law It is becoming increasingly common for attorneys desiring more than a few weeks off from the practice of law to simply quit their current jobs. Unlike some other professions, most law firms do not look favorably upon attorneys' taking more than a few weeks off unless they are involved in "a major life event." In the calculus of most law firms, a "major life event" is... (83 views)
How to Embrace a Career Change After Working as a Lawyer: Moving on From the Law Elayne Demby tells her story of going from a harried, full-time attorney at a high-profile New York City firm to becoming a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom, and everything that happened in between. (76 views)
Selling Yourself and Your Legal Skills To a Potential Employer Applicants for positions often feel that the qualities the employer is looking for represent some sort of an impenetrable mystery. This simply is not so. Rather, there is a formula by which the qualifications required for any position can be determined. With a little imagination and some practice you should be able to analyze the requirements for any position in which you... (72 views)
Are You Planning to Leave Your Legal Career? According to a recent poll, 70 percent of lawyers surveyed said they would start a new career if they could. Another Johns Hopkins University study found that lawyers had a greater rate of depression than workers in any of the 104 other occupations studied. (70 views)
Changing the Course of Your Legal Career within the Legal Profession This article is intended to give you some ideas about changing the course of your legal career within the legal profession. You may have qualified as a lawyer, practiced for a while and then decided for a variety of reasons that your chosen career is not as you anticipated or wanted, and you are now considering making some adjustments. If you still want to practice as a... (69 views)
Law-Related Career Alternatives Many lawyers not only continue to practice law throughout their careers, but also report significant satisfaction with their chosen line of work and its various economic as well as psychological payoffs. What then separates those who like the traditional practice of law from those who leave it? The answers are as varied as the individuals who make the decisions, but in... (67 views)
Researching A New Career: What's More Out There for Those with a Law Degree? The first and most common question would-be career changers ask is, "What other job can I get with a law degree?" Although there are some common career paths, unfortunately, there is no list of other careers for which lawyers may get hired. There are, however, almost limitless resources for you to research other fields. Lawyers have been able to move into nearly every... (63 views)