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Legal Job Alternatives for those who don't want to Practice

published November 03, 2009

By Harrison Barnes, CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search

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The legal industry is a professional field that offers various alternative careers apart from being a lawyer. Anyone who is not willing to practice law can opt for other legal jobs. The basics of all law jobs are the same but little differences place the students in different areas of law. Many law students do not wish to continue their legal careers as lawyers but they want to step into different legal areas such as legal hunters, lobbyists, legal correspondents, law enforcements, legal research, legal consulting, legal publishing, legal technology, academic administration, immigration and many others. Let us discuss few of the legal job alternatives here.

Legal Consulting: With the basic knowledge of the legal industry obtained at law schools, you can use it in providing legal consultation to law firms. It is a very profitable job. A legal consultant offers legal advice to the businesses related to legal issues and law firms. Expert advice is required in almost all of the dealings of a business such as trial strategies, strategic management, legal marketing and communications to legal software.

The legal consultants with knowledge on litigation can even present their abilities as trial technology consultants, jury consultants, legal investigators or trial presentation specialists. Legal consultants are helpful when it comes to medical negligence or mismanagement, personal injury or other related issues. The nurses who have the basic knowledge of law work as legal nurse consultants in the medical departments. They offer advice on the medical subject of any particular case and also review medical records.

See 60 Nontraditional Jobs You Can Do with a Law Degree (and Should Strongly Consider Doing) for more information about alternative careers for lawyers.

Immigration: A person with a background training of a lawyer can fulfill the requirement of this job. This field involves perplexing legal issues that can only be solved by the person having an attorney's capability. Recent years have seen vast legal changes in the immigration area. The demand for people with legal knowledge is increasing in this area of law. This career requires an individual to perform heavy research work. People with an interest in history will love to be a part of this job.

Both the government and corporate sectors require individuals to fill positions in the immigration field. Some of the corporate positions are Human Resources Administrators, International Recruiters and Immigration Administrators. Many firms hire employees from other countries and therefore require someone to handle the legalities of the immigration field. The government positions include Research Specialists, Immigration Inspectors and Immigration Administrators.

Legal Publishing: Most individuals with a legal education background possess legal documentation writing capabilities. These skills are used in the publishing industry to be a legal writer or editor or publisher or even web manager. Most legal jobs require individuals with good writing skills.

Writers from the legal industry have another opportunity where they can display their skills. The internet is that field where they can showcase their legal knowledge by writing copy for legal organizations' websites, contributing to the online legal newsletters, or writing web content.

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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