Public Relations Jobs When spinach causes food poisoning, who is a company going to call? It will call on its legal team and public relations professionals that specialize in litigation and crisis communications. These careers in communications make excellent nonlegal jobs for lawyers, says...

Have you assessed your transferable skills? The thought of making a career change can be overwhelming, especially for those of us in the legal community who are risk averse. Like today’s guest tells us, determining your transferable skills is key. If you’re struggling with...

Whether you’re making a career change, leaving the law, or you’re first starting out as a lawyer, an informational interview can be an amazing tool to advance your career. These interviews are called “informational” because you’re there to find out what somebody does and...

It’s pretty common to find that business development executives also happen to be lawyers. Today’s guest, Cathy Kim, is one of those lawyers. She’s a former Big Law senior litigation associate who, after leaving the law, changed careers to become a business development executive...

If you’ve decided that you don’t want to be a lawyer anymore or you can’t find work practicing law, then you’ll want to consider alternative jobs for lawyers. As you’ll see by spending time here at JDCOT and by reading our eBook, 99 Things...

If you’re a lawyer who isn’t happy practicing law, I have good news for you: you’ve got options. You probably hear that all the time: “there’s lots of great nonlegal careers for lawyers”. Yet there’s a good chance you don’t believe it. Maybe you’ve...

Many unhappy lawyers who reach out to me ask if I offer job placement services. This could be because they’re aware of my years spent working as a legal recruiter. It could also be because they would much prefer to hand the heavy lifting...

After a long hiatus from making videos for YouTube, I recently decided to make one that answers a question I’m asked multiple times a week: “what career do lawyers most often change to?” As you’ll see in the video above, there is definitely more...

If you’re like many of the stressed-out lawyers who come to me for help, you’re feeling stuck in an unfulfilling situation. And that may be putting it lightly! When frustrations are running high, you might be blinded to the point where it’s hard to...

So many of the lawyers who contact me say they are tired of lawyer stress and anxiety. They say they have hit their maximum level of stress. Does this sound like you? Lawyers often tell me they are burned out, feeling anxious, unhappy, and...

When it dawns on lawyers that practicing law may not be the right career fit, it’s common for a sense of failure to take over their psyche. If you’re feeling like a failure, I promise that you are not alone. I know that because...

If you’re unhappy practicing law, are you feeling frozen in place due to a fear that you wouldn’t earn enough money if you were to leave law practice? Leaving law does not necessarily mean a major loss in income – and a decrease in...

As lawyers and individuals, we all have a different definition of what “meaningful work” is. Yet, many of you email me that your work feels petty and meaningless. You say it’s combative for the sake of being combative. It doesn’t connect with anything you...

With the hope that it will benefit you, I’m sharing a story below of a time when I epically failed a job interview. It was actually more of a meeting to see if I was even worthy of a full job interview…but the failure...

A great way to fail a job interview is to neglect to explain why you want the job. This may sound really obvious, but I can’t tell you how many people leave employers wondering, “why is this person here”. When you’re interviewing, you need...