Career Alternatives
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Career Alternatives, Ridiculousness
Funniest Lawyer in New York? This is Why God Invented Heckling.
It has come to our attention that a local comedy club is holding a contest to determine “the funniest lawyer in New York.” Could this be a train wreck of epic proportions? Based on the tagline in the event poster, all signs points to “yes.” Oh boy. You know what they say: those who can, […] -
Career Alternatives, Food
From Contract Attorney to Captain Cupcake
I have come to the conclusion that most Americans really enjoy three things: Freedom Earning money, and Buying food out of a truck. Think about it. Remember as a kid when you would hear the music from your local ice cream truck making its way down your street? Remember running towards it as if your […] - Sponsored
Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
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Career Alternatives, Job Searches
Career Alternatives: Internship Market Maker
Every now and then, we like to offer our readers some career alternatives — things you can do with your law degree and legal training that don’t involve, say, working in a large law firm or as a contract lawyer. We’ve profiled a wide range of individuals, from lawyers who have left the law for […]
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Career Alternatives, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
In-House Counseling: Stooping to Conquer
Ed. note: This post is written by Will Meyerhofer, a Biglaw attorney turned psychotherapist, whom we profiled. A former Sullivan & Cromwell associate, he holds degrees from Harvard, NYU Law, and The Hunter College School of Social Work. He blogs at The People’s Therapist. It’s frustrating, trying to teach lawyers the fundamentals of doing business. […] -
Career Alternatives, Football, Sports
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Football Coach
We’ve written before about how cheerleading for football teams is a possible career for J.D.s, but what about coaching football teams? A Detroit Lions assistant secondary coach, Daron Roberts, has done just that. The Harvard Law graduate and former Biglaw attorney is coaching in the NFL, notwithstanding the fact that he had no prior coaching […] -
Career Alternatives, In-House Counsel
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: CEO
Good news for general counsel who dream of one day sitting in the king’s seat: the ABA Magazine says there is a new trend of corporations tapping lawyers to become top executives: Nine of the Fortune 50 companies now have a lawyer as chief executive, up from three just a decade ago. In December, Bank […] -
Art, Biglaw, Career Alternatives
ATL Field Trip: Playing With LEGOs on a Saturday
This past weekend, two of your ATL editors paid a visit to Agora Gallery in Chelsea. We wanted to see for ourselves the LEGO brick sculptures of Nathan Sawaya, the lawyer turned LEGO artist. As explained in our profile of Sawaya, the NYU Law grad left Winston & Strawn for a $30,000-a-year job as a […] -
Career Alternatives
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Private Investigation / Business Intelligence
Welcome to the latest installment in our career alternatives series, in which we explore opportunities for attorneys outside the world of large law firms. We know and love the world of Biglaw — it’s our focus here at Above the Law — but we realize that there are other things you can do with a […] - Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so… -
Career Alternatives, Layoffs, Reality TV, Television
Career Alternatives for Laid-off Attorneys: The Apprentice Wants You!
Donald Trump is in the market for a lawyer, and if you’re unemployable, laid-off, or suffering because of the recession, you might just be the attorney for him. The next iteration of “The Apprentice” will be devoted to recession refugees, and the producers are looking to cast some legal types. If your world has been […] -
Art, Biglaw, Career Alternatives
Nathan Sawaya Gives Up Corporate Law for Legos
Nathan Sawaya went to the trouble of getting a law degree, but now he’s making a living with a skill he mastered in kindergarten. Instead of building cases these days, Sawaya is building large-scale sculptures out of LEGOs. He’s been a LEGO fanatic since he got his first set at 5 years old. He told […] -
Career Alternatives, Federal Government, Job Searches, Law Schools
Applying for a Federal Government Job?Good Luck With That
Last fall, we wrote about the Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) program, which one reader of ours described as “a hidden, relatively-unexploited gem for graduating law students.” You can read the full post here. Some commenters, who already knew about the PMF program and the job opportunities it offers, were not happy with the exposure. A […] -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives
Biglaw Attorney Turned Psychotherapist Analyzes the Legal Profession
Will Meyerhofer was your typical high-achieving Biglaw associate. He went to law school because he didn’t know what else to do with his Harvard English degree. He graduated from NYU Law in 1997 and went to work for Sullivan & Cromwell in New York. “I did my part in destroying the nation’s economy,” he told […] -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Labor / Employment, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Weirdness
How Jeff Fenster Landed on the Workers' Comp BoardOr: How to Get a Government Job
Over the weekend — yes, we often publish over the weekend, so do check in with us — we wrote about the happy story of Jeffrey Fenster. Fenster, a 29-year-old lawyer who previously worked for a short time at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, was recently selected by Governor David Paterson to serve as executive […]
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Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
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Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
If 2023 introduced legal professionals to generative AI, then 2024 will be when law firms start adapting to utilize it. Things are moving fast, so…
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Early Adopters Of Legal AI Gaining Competitive Edge In Marketplace
How to best leverage generative AI as an early adopter with ethical use.
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Career Alternatives, Food
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Restaurateur
Some lawyers love what they do. Those who don’t are vocal about how much they hate their jobs. So what would the naysayers prefer to be doing professionally? Above the Law editors have heard these “dream careers” tossed around: government intelligence analyst, writer/journalist, banker (so they can keep making the bank), and — for those […] -
Career Alternatives, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, Weirdness
Who says government jobs are impossible to get?
We’re doing a little catch-up blogging this weekend, covering some stories we meant to cover during the week but didn’t get around to hitting. E.g., the update on Loren Friedman, a former Lawyer of the Day who doctored his law school transcript. This post is a happier one. It’s about a lawyer at a big […] -
Career Alternatives, Hotties, Litigatrix, Sports
Extracurricular Pursuits for Attorneys: St. Louis Rams Cheerleader
We occasionally write about career alternatives for attorneys here at Above The Law. But as far as we know, cheerleading does not constitute a full-time job. So we’re creating a new “extracurricular pursuits” category for it. Many lawyers are cheerleaders in a way, seeking to boost their clients’ spirits and fortunes and tout their best […] -
Career Alternatives, Food
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Tamale Maker
Would you swap corporate securities work for chipotle seasoning? Nancy Andrade did. The Catholic University ’93 grad quit her job at Katten Muchin in 2001, to start a family tamale-making business called Mexifeast. Their tamales are sold at Walmart, Whole Foods and Jewel. So how did Andrade go from handling derivative claims to hawking corn-husked […] -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches, Rankings
Is 'Attorney' Still a Good Job?
Career Cast has compiled a list of the Top 200 Jobs for 2010. Here’s how the Career Cast came up with its (totally arbitrary) first to worst rankings: How does Jobs Rated determine which professions rank better than others? Data on each job is broken down into five key categories: Physical Demands, Work Environment, Income, […] -
Career Alternatives, Sex
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Swinger Sex Promoter
Were you drawn to Biglaw because of a slight sadomasochistic bent? Then you may be interested in the [NSFW] School of Sex [NSFW]. As you might imagine based on the name, it offers lessons on sex, as well as erotic events. Why are you reading about this on ATL? Because it’s a Friday. And, more […] -
Barack Obama, Career Alternatives, Politics, Weirdness
Career Alternatives for Attorneys: Preventing Dictatorship?
Meet Stewart Rhodes. He graduated in 2004 from Yale Law School, where his paper, “Solving the Puzzle of Enemy Combatant Status,” won a prize for the best paper on the Bill of Rights. Before entering the law, he served as a U.S. Army paratrooper. What’s Rhodes up to now? Many military men turned lawyers troop […]