Career alternatives for attorneys
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Career Alternatives, In-House Counsel, Job Searches
The Road Not Taken: Closing In
If you're trying to find a non-legal job, you're going to have to rewrite your résumé entirely. In-house columnist Celeste Harrison Forst has some advice on how to do that. -
Career Alternatives, Technology
alt.legal: Legal Innovation Is NOT Just Legal Technology -- How Adherence LLC Built a Niche
Let's meet two former Biglaw attorneys who built a new business (and business model) to help a underserved client segment -- without writing any new computer code. - Sponsored
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
Zach Warren from the Thomson Reuters Institute discusses the potential and the pitfalls. -
Technology
alt.legal: To Strive, To Seek, To Find And Not To Yield
If the end of 2015 has you contemplating a jump away from law, consider the world of alternative legal services.
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Career Alternatives, Technology
Why Legal Entrepreneurs Should Be Unreasonable, But Not Irrational
Here are three attributes vital for startup success, according to lawyer turned entrepreneur David Perla, now president of Bloomberg Law. -
Career Alternatives
3 Things I Wish I Knew About Navigating A Career Transition
Jeena Cho shares some of the things she learned on her journey to a new career, and she hopes it's helpful to you. -
Career Alternatives, Technology
alt.legal: The First Serial Legal Tech Entrepreneur
So you think you have the guts to quit your cushy traditional legal job and brave the uncertainty of legal entrepreneurship? -
Canada, Career Alternatives
The View From Up North: Biglaw Escapee Now Spends His Days Making TV And Films
Columnist Steve Dykstra would like to introduce you to someone who escaped Biglaw to something cool. -
Job Searches, Technology
alt.legal: Are You A Happy Attorney? Are There Happy Attorneys?
Okay, so most American attorneys are unhappy -- what can you do about it? - Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
The rise of remote work has dramatically reshaped the relationship between Lawyers and Law Firms, see how Scale LLP has taken the steps to get… -
Career Alternatives, Technology
alt.legal: Going Viral In Legal -- Everyday She’s Hustling
If you don’t like feeling uncomfortable and enjoy using the words “Please find attached,” you probably want to stay in Biglaw -- but here's some advice or the rest of you. -
Law Schools, Sports
You Don't Want To Pick A Fight With This Law Student
One 3L passes his free time in an interesting way. -
Bloomberg, Law Schools, Technology
The Renaissance Law Student: 3 Tips For Getting The Most Out Of Law School
In order to seize existing and emerging opportunities, law students must educate themselves in topics—from marketing to finance to Six Sigma—that might become relevant to their pursuits. -
Biglaw, Career Alternatives, In-House Counsel, Technology
alt.legal: The Spooky Specter Of A Return To Practice
For those of you who have left law firms, what might bring you back to Biglaw? -
Career Alternatives, Technology
From Wachtell Lipton To The Startup World: An Interview With Stephanie Lee
Would you leave a leading law firm to work on an exciting but risky new venture?
Sponsored
Is The Future Of Law Distributed? Lessons From The Tech Adoption Curve
Navigating Financial Success by Avoiding Common Pitfalls and Maximizing Firm Performance
The Business Case For AI At Your Law Firm
Sponsored
Legal AI: 3 Steps Law Firms Should Take Now
Generative AI In Legal Work — What’s Fact And What’s Fiction?
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Career Center, Career Files, Job Searches, Lawyers
From The Career Files: 3 Things To Keep In Mind As We Reposition Our Legal Résumé To Get A Non-Law Job
There are a lot of unknowns and sources of confusion when one of us unhappy attorneys begins to explore leaving the law for an “alternative” non-law job. -
Career Alternatives, Law Professors, Law Schools
From Tenured Law Professor To... Stand-Up Comedian? An Interview With Liz Glazer
A law professor leaves legal academia to pursue her passion. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 10.12.15
Ed. note: In honor of Columbus Day (and Canadian Thanksgiving), Above the Law will be on a reduced publication schedule today. We will be back in full force tomorrow. Stay tuned for today’s news!
* Who is Amy Berman Jackson? If you’ve been watching Jeopardy! lately, you’ve probably been trying to figure out which law firm reigning champion Matt Jackson works for as a paralegal. In the meantime, it’s worth noting that his mother is a D.D.C. federal judge. [Washington Post]
* Another SCOTUS term is upon us, and while Chief Justice Roberts tends to cast his votes on the issues through a conservative lens, there’s talk that he could be a “wildcard.” Hmm, perhaps Justice Kennedy will have a pal to swing with this year. [MSNBC]
* Choose your path wisely: Bloomberg Markets released its ranking of the 50 most influential people last week, and not a single practicing lawyer made the cut. Attorneys who chose career alternatives, however, made a killing. [Big Law Business / Bloomberg]
* Marcel Aubut, who recently resigned in disgrace from his position as Canadian Olympic Committee president after allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriate touching came to light, has also decided to leave his Biglaw firm and seek counseling. [NBC Sports]
* Late last week, California adopted an exacting digital privacy law that will require police to get warrants to access all manner of electronic information, from emails to texts to metadata. Please thank the Golden State for keeping your sexts safe. [WSJ Law Blog]
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Career Alternatives, Technology
Life Imitates Alt: Biglaw Habits Die Hard At IP Startup, Alt Legal
Not everyone leaves Biglaw to improve work/life balance, according to Nehal Madhani, who educated me on this topic – mostly through emails at 4 a.m. I learned that a grueling 2,400-hours-a-year work schedule is nothing when you are working for yourself to make the legal system better – and Madhani’s loving every minute of it. […] -
Career Alternatives, Health Care / Medicine, Public Interest
Serving The Public Interest Outside The Practice Of Law: An Interview With Jenny Mosier
Jenny Mosier left a high-powered Justice Department job to take on a new and important mission. -
Career Alternatives, Job Searches
alt.legal -- New Year, New You
If you're thinking about switching jobs or even leaving the legal profession entirely, here are some helpful resources. -
Silicon Valley, Technology
Y Combinator Gets Alt: Introducing Ironclad, The Legal Startup For Startups' Legal
What is Ironclad, and how can it help startups and other young companies?