{"id":7585,"date":"2019-03-20T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/?p=533661"},"modified":"2019-03-20T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T16:12:54","slug":"18-hot-tech-jobs-for-law-school-graduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/legal-innovation-center\/2019\/03\/20\/18-hot-tech-jobs-for-law-school-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"18 Hot Tech Jobs For Law School Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/01\/Tech2019-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-523567\" \/>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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>What kind of career options are you looking at if you&#8217;re interested in using your law degree to effect technological change within the legal profession? According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetoad.com\/publication\/?i=571960&amp;ver=html5&amp;p=1#{%22page%22:22,%22issue_id%22:571960}\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Jurist<\/a>, these are 18 hottest tech jobs for recent law school graduates:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Privacy manager<\/li>\n<li>Legal operations<\/li>\n<li>Legal solutions architect<\/li>\n<li>Legal engineer<\/li>\n<li>Data analyst<\/li>\n<li>Cybersecurity professional<\/li>\n<li>Open-source code compliance<\/li>\n<li>Project manager for technology companies<\/li>\n<li>Compliance pro<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge manager<\/li>\n<li>Risk manager<\/li>\n<li>Bioethicist<\/li>\n<li>Technology transfer officer<\/li>\n<li>Banking compliance officer<\/li>\n<li>IP protection specialist in the fashion industry<\/li>\n<li>Digital asset protection<\/li>\n<li>Litigation support professional<\/li>\n<li>eDiscovery consultant<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetoad.com\/publication\/?i=571960&amp;ver=html5&amp;p=1#{%22page%22:22,%22issue_id%22:571960}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in getting a leg up on the competition for these jobs, please consider attending our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/law-jobs-for-humans-a-career-fair-for-futurists-tickets-54961742050\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Law Jobs for Humans<\/a> career fair for legal futurists in Chicago on April 24, 2019, where you can build your modern legal career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluetoad.com\/publication\/?i=571960&amp;ver=html5&amp;p=1#{%22page%22:22,%22issue_id%22:571960}\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hot Tech Jobs for Law School Grads<\/a> [National Jurist]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-441281\" src=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/11\/Staci-Zaretsky.jpg\" alt=\"Staci Zaretsky\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" \/><em><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/author\/staci-zaretsky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she&#8217;s worked since 2011. She&#8217;d love to hear from you, so please feel free to <a href=\"mailto:staci@abovethelaw.com\">email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stacizaretsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> or connect with her on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/staci-zaretsky-6344b322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"summary\">Tech-related jobs abound in this brave new legal landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":523567,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[512,171,2333,7],"class_list":["post-7585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law-schools","tag-job-searches","tag-law-schools","tag-law-students","tag-technology"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>18 Hot Tech Jobs For Law School Graduates - 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