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What can you do with your law degree and practice experience besides practicing law?

published October 07, 2014

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
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A. Harrison Barnes
Harrison Barnes
What can you do with your law degree and practice experience besides practicing law? The options are astonishingly wide. Here are just a few of the most common nontraditional ways lawyers and recent graduates make use of their legal background without practicing law.

For more ideas, see 60 Nontraditional Jobs You Can Do with a Law Degree (and Should Strongly Consider Doing).


Servicing the Legal Profession. Let's start with law firms themselves. Former practitioners happily serve as firm managers or administrators, or as directors of practice development, client services, professional development and associate recruiting.

You can also work for one of the thousands of service providers to the profession, many of which were founded by former practicing lawyers. Any edition of The National Law Journal or ABA Journal will offer dozens of examples: computer software vendors, contract lawyer placement agencies, litigation management and legal research services, and jury, marketing or management consultants.

And don't forget the publishers of legal books, magazines, newsletters and newspapers, as well as the increasing number of online services. All of them hire law school graduates in departments as diverse as editorial, sales, management, acquisitions and training.

Regulation or Enforcement Specialist. In general, corporations and government agencies are interested in lawyers with knowledge relevant to compliance and enforcement functions. Examples include ADA, affirmative action, the environment, employee benefits, internal ethics, labor relations and legislative or community affairs. Purchasing agent and contract administration positions are also prevalent.

Educational Administration. Most law schools these days prefer to hire law school graduates for positions in career services, alumni relations, fundraising, and CLE. Colleges and universities also hire lawyers as ADA and EEO investigators, to monitor risk management, human resources, or technology transfer, or to work in contract negotiation and administration.

Nonprofit Management. Every bar association and function provides opportunities for law school graduates to manage or supervise operations. Lawyers frequently handle discipline, CLE, attorney assistance, mentoring, public affairs and lobbying functions.

Nonprofit organizations outside the legal profession often look to their volunteers – many of whom are lawyers – to fill new positions as directors or project managers, or specialists in development or planned giving.

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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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LawCrossing has received tens of thousands of attorneys jobs and has been the leading legal job board in the United States for almost two decades. LawCrossing helps attorneys dramatically improve their careers by locating every legal job opening in the market. Unlike other job sites, LawCrossing consolidates every job in the legal market and posts jobs regardless of whether or not an employer is paying. LawCrossing takes your legal career seriously and understands the legal profession. For more information, please visit www.LawCrossing.com.

published October 07, 2014

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
( 43 votes, average: 4.7 out of 5)
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