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18 Hot Tech Jobs For Law School Graduates

Tech-related jobs abound in this brave new legal landscape.

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As technology continues to change the world around us, it becomes even more enmeshed in the legal profession. Lawyers may be slow to adapt to change, but that doesn’t mean that new law school graduates have to be. Tech-related jobs abound in this brave new legal landscape, and the good news for those seeking entry-level employment is that the vast majority of them can be classified as positions where having a J.D. degree is considered an advantage.

What kind of career options are you looking at if you’re interested in using your law degree to effect technological change within the legal profession? According to the National Jurist, these are 18 hottest tech jobs for recent law school graduates:

  1. Privacy manager
  2. Legal operations
  3. Legal solutions architect
  4. Legal engineer
  5. Data analyst
  6. Cybersecurity professional
  7. Open-source code compliance
  8. Project manager for technology companies
  9. Compliance pro
  10. Knowledge manager
  11. Risk manager
  12. Bioethicist
  13. Technology transfer officer
  14. Banking compliance officer
  15. IP protection specialist in the fashion industry
  16. Digital asset protection
  17. Litigation support professional
  18. eDiscovery consultant

Click here for a more in-depth explanation of each job category, and to see some interviews with legal tech revolutionaries using their skills to innovate the law.

If you’re interested in getting a leg up on the competition for these jobs, please consider attending our Law Jobs for Humans career fair for legal futurists in Chicago on April 24, 2019, where you can build your modern legal career.

Hot Tech Jobs for Law School Grads [National Jurist]

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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