What Can You Do With A Law Degree

"In this new, 6th edition of a law career classic, lawyers are introduced to a unique five-part model for career satisfaction. It is based on a well-established principle that the better the fit between your career identity and your job, the greater your long-term satisfiaction"--Page 4 of cover.

Written by Harvard-trained ex-law firm partner Liz Brown, Life After Law: Finding Work You Love with the J.D. You Have provides specific, realistic, and honest advice on alternative careers for lawyers. Unlike generic career guides, Life After Law shows lawyers how to reframe their legal experience to their competitive advantage, no matter how long they have been in or out of practice, to find work they truly love. Brown herself moved from a high-powered partnership into an alternative career and draws from this experience, as well as that of dozens of former practicing attorneys, in the book. She acknowledges that changing careers is hard much harder than it was for most lawyers to get their first legal job after law school but it can ultimately be more fulfilling for many than a life in law. Life After Law offers an alternative framework and valuable analytic tools for potential careers to help launch lawyers into new fields and make them attractive hires for non-legal employers.

There are plenty of reasons to become a lawyer. Some of us want to pursue justice and improve our communities. Others want to earn a comfortable living. But what happens if you’re in the middle of law school and discover that you don’t want to become a lawyer? Or what if you are practicing law and recognize that you want to take your career in another direction? In Reversed in Part, Adam Pascarella, a former litigator at a Vault 100 law firm and a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, shares the stories of 15 law school graduates who have built stellar careers outside of legal practice. From startups and nonprofits to politics and art, these individuals have taken their legal education and skills and successfully applied them in different domains. Some of the stories that you will hear in this book include: · How SkyBridge Capital founder and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci built a career in finance after graduating from Harvard Law School. · How Melinda Snodgrass, a celebrated author and screenwriter in the science fiction world, relied on wise words from Star Wars to quit legal practice and pursue her writing dreams. · How ESPN college basketball broadcaster Jay Bilas started calling basketball games while practicing law. · How Jessica Medina leveraged her side hobby of financial planning to leave the legal industry and become an Accredited Financial Counselor. · How Tiffany Duong used a life-changing scuba diving trip to leave Big Law and become a writer, explorer, and inspirational speaker. Whether you are thinking about becoming a lawyer, considering an exit from a corporate law firm, or simply want to learn more about individuals who crafted careers on their own terms, Reversed in Part is for you. With compelling stories and hard-fought lessons, this book can be your inspirational guide as you build your career outside legal practice.

Rethinking your career strategy Suggestions for nonlegal careers Advice for dealing with the financial ramifications of leaving the practice of law Real-life success stories Lawyers have the highest depression rates, highest pressure, lowest popularity ratings, and the longest hours of almost any profession that exists. No wonder that according to a recent poll 70% of lawyers surveyed said they would start a new career if they could. If you are disillusioned by the realities of law practice or want to get into a different type of law, then you can start a new career. In Alternative Careers for Lawyers, you'll hear from many people who managed successful transitions: one of them is an NBC news anchor, another started her own bicycle tours company, and yet another built a $20 million attorney temp agency. We'll show you how to manage every step of this uncertain yet ultimately liberating process: Deciding whether to change careers or just switch jobs Choosing which new careers to pursue Re-tailoring your resume for non-legal careers like education, consulting, publishing, and sales and marketing Networking, interviewing, furthering your education, and more

Fifteen law schools have been sued for allegedly reporting misleading employment data. For years, almost all law schools claimed to have a 90% or better overall employment rate. Since 2012, we now know that at many ABA-accredited schools less than 50% of their graduates find long-term, full-time jobs that require passage of the bar exam--the actual attorney jobs. Many schools also have relatively low bar-exam passage rates and high attrition rates (i.e., high percentages of students who flunk out or drop out). Professor Johnson demonstrates how to find relevant data about a law school and how to analyze over twenty different criteria in assessing whether the school has sufficiently satisfactory outcomes and is, therefore, worth attending. Such a thorough analysis will help prospective students avoid getting "vanity degrees"--the diplomas that look lovely in a picture frame but that may not make one employable as an attorney.