Do you ever find yourself saying, “I hate being a lawyer“? After 6 months of law school, Josh Gorin knew law wasn’t for him. So he used his law degree to pursue non-law jobs for lawyers. He broke into commercial real estate careers thanks...
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Why Business Development Jobs Make Good Alternative Careers for Lawyers
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...
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Regulatory Affairs Jobs For Lawyers Who Want To Be Lobbyists
Are you interested in working in the middle, between government regulators and the businesses they’re regulating? You can do that by working in regulatory affairs jobs, which make for great alternative careers with a law degree. Businesses within the same industry pool together to...
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Alternative Jobs For Lawyers – Consider A Career In Wireless Site Acquisition
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...
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Becoming An Investment Advisor With A Law Degree
Investment advisors oversee investment strategies for individual and/or institutional investors. Some, like today’s guest, may focus only on high net worth individuals, in which case the available investment strategies broadens from securities like stocks, bonds and mutual funds to include things like hedge funds,...
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Retail Real Estate Jobs – Lawyers in Shopping Center Redevelopment
Thanks to the contracts and other legal skills involved in the work, real estate careers make for popular law graduate jobs when you don’t want to be a lawyer. Within the real estate career world, you’ll find commercial real estate jobs, which include retail...
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Government Relations Jobs – Use Your Legal Skills As A Lobbyist
Are you interested in influencing legislation, regulations and policies in favor of a client? This is what lobbyists and people in government relations jobs do. Whether working on behalf of public or private entities, they work to build and maintain relationships with politicians and...
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Becoming A Commercial Insurance Broker – Alternative Jobs For Lawyers
A commercial insurance broker negotiates and places property, casualty and specialty lines of insurance for commercial businesses of all sizes, with a focus on Fortune 500 companies. Brokers draft endorsements and policy language to tailor coverage to meet a client’s needs. They also negotiate...
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