JD Careers Out There
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JD Careers Out There
JD Careers Out There (JDCOT.com) explores what to do with a law degree by featuring day-in-the-life interviews with accomplished law grads working in different law practice areas as well as alternative careers for lawyers. Our mission is to help lawyers, law students and those considering law school...
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JDCOT 52: Law Degree Careers - Corporate Real Estate Advisor
Commercial real estate careers make a great fit for lawyers who don't want to be lawyers. Today's guest has thrived since becoming a corporate real es...
JDCOT 51: Law Degree Careers - Writing For TV
Many lawyers dream of writing for TV and film, including today's guest, who began pursuing writing for TV while in law school. She shares her journey...
JDCOT 50: Law Careers - Working in Appellate Law
Appellate law is the best law career for Supreme Court junkies. If you like thinking creatively and combining your research and writing skills, you'll...
JDCOT 49: Law Degree Careers - Regulatory Affairs Jobs
Regulatory affairs jobs make great jobs for lawyers who want to be lobbyists. Come hear from today's guest, who got a job doing regulatory affairs at...
JDCOT 48: Law Degree Careers - Legal Support Services
Interested in working in law without practicing law? Legal support services like making litigation graphics might be for you. Come hear from a former...
JDCOT 47: Law Degree Careers - Being A Writer
"I really want to be a writer," said countless lawyers. Sound like you? Wanting to write on the side or hope to leave law to be a full-time writer? Co...
JDCOT 46: Law Degree Careers - Compliance Officer
Compliance work is a popular alternative career for lawyers due to the mix of work and the skills required. Come learn all about it from our guest who...
JDCOT 45: Law Careers - Elder Care Lawyer
Interested in helping old people? According to today's guest, being an elder care lawyer is focused on helping seniors with their quality of life whil...
JDCOT 44: Law Degree Careers - Public Relations Executive
PR careers make good alternative careers for lawyers due to the mix of skills required - especially in the sub-specialty of litigation and crisis comm...
JDCOT 43: Law Careers - Immigration Lawyer
Interested in immigration law? In this interview, an immigration lawyer tells us about what it's like to focus on the family and removal side of immig...
JDCOT 42: Law Degree Careers - Being A Legal Journalist
Becoming a journalist after leaving law is not uncommon. In this interview, Jill Schachner Chanen, an assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal, te...
JDCOT 41: Law Degree Careers - Strategic Communications Director
The role of strategic communications director is a good alternative career for lawyers due to the mix of skills required. In this interview, someone w...
JDCOT 40: Law Careers - Being a Freelance Attorney
Becoming a freelance attorney is a growing trend in the legal field. Check out this interview with a freelance attorney provider who explains that thi...
JDCOT 39: Law Degree Careers - eDiscovery Consultant
Leaving law for law-related jobs in the litigation support field is a popular thing to do with a law degree. An eDiscovery consultant tells us about h...
JDCOT 38: Law Careers - Corporate Bankruptcy Lawyers
Interested in bankruptcy law? Check out this interview with a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who talks about the role of climbing in to someone?s busines...
JDCOT 37: Law Careers - Workers' Rights Lawyers
Interested in employment law but don't want to represent companies? In this interview, an employment lawyer who represents employees tells us about he...
JDCOT 36: Law Degree Careers - Union Collective Bargaining Director
Leaving law for a law-related job is a popular way to use a law degree. A collective bargaining director for a union tells us what her law-related job...
JDCOT 35: Law Degree Careers - Being A Civic Leader
Jobs in city government are explained by a lawyer who rose to the top of these alternative careers for lawyers by using the skills of a lawyer. Listen...
JDCOT 34: Law Careers - Employment Lawyers
Employment law careers representing companies provide interesting work with a human touch, says an employment lawyer in this interview.
JDCOT 33: Law Careers - Construction Lawyers
Construction law is one of the law careers that combines both litigation and transactional law. Listen to this interview to find out what it's like to...
JDCOT 32: Law Degree Jobs - Refugee Status Determination As A UN Volunteer
Interested in immigration law? A UN Volunteer talks about doing refugee status determination work in South Africa for the UNHCR.
JDCOT 31: Law Careers - Public Defenders
Don't overlook public defender jobs. In this interview, the star of HBO documentary Gideon's Army shares his passion for his public defender career an...
JDCOT 30: Law Degree Jobs - Legal Knowledge Management
Leaving law doesn't mean leaving a law firm. Find out about new alternative careers for lawyers in this JDCOT interview on legal knowledge management.
JDCOT 29: Jobs For Lawyers on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill veteran Ken Ballen shares career advice for lawyers in this JDCOT interview on some of the different jobs for lawyers working on the Hill...
JDCOT 28: Law Careers - Real Estate Lawyers
Being a real estate lawyer is rewarding work, and demand is rising for these types of lawyers. Find out if real estate law careers make a good fit for...
JDCOT 27: Law Degree Jobs - Community Development Careers
Community development work makes for great jobs to do with a law degree, as these jobs use legal skills to the point where banking execs like to hire...
JDCOT 26: Law Careers - Criminal Defense Attorney
Criminal Defense Attorney Joey Jackson is a regular on CNN, but he says that what a defense attorney does rarely matches TV. Find out if it's the law...
JDCOT 25: Law Degree Jobs - Political Campaign Careers
Political campaign management jobs are good alternative careers for lawyers, a political campaign manager and lawyer explains in this career interview...
JDCOT 24: Law Degree Jobs - Community Organizing Careers
What is a community organizer? This interview with a lawyer who became a community organizer explains the path and tells us that community organizer j...
JDCOT 23: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Banking Careers
Learn what investment bankers do in this interview with a lawyer-turned-investment banker-turned-lawyer. Anyone interested in leaving law for investme...
JDCOT 22: Law Careers - Consumer Rights Lawyers
A consumer rights attorney explores consumer rights law jobs in this JDCOT interview, describing the career path and what these types of lawyers do.
JDCOT 21: Law Degree Jobs - Advocacy Careers
Social justice advocate Abby Leibman explains advocacy careers and shares advice for lawyers and law students considering these alternative careers fo...
JDCOT 20: Law Career Advice from Doug Kmiec
Doug Kmiec shares advice on law degree careers that you can pursue beyond law firm life in this interview on his journey to the USDOJ Office of Legal...
JDCOT 19: Law Careers - Tax Lawyers
Tax lawyers are one of the types of lawyers that get to take an active role in a wide variety of transactions ? especially those who are focused on ta...
JDCOT 18: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Advisor
Being an investment advisor is a popular path to take when leaving law. In this JDCOT interview, a high net-worth advisor tells us what investment adv...
JDCOT 17: Law Degree Jobs - Real Estate Redevelopment
Commercial real estate jobs doing shopping center redevelopment are explored in this JDCOT interview with a redevelopment director who says this is gr...
JDCOT 16: Law Careers - Land Use Attorneys
In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), I interview one of the top land use attorneys in Los Angeles to learn about these law careers. These...
JDCOT 15: Law Degree Jobs - Nonprofit Management Careers
Careers in nonprofits are good alternative legal careers, Tiger Woods Foundation's CEO, a non-practicing lawyer, explains in this interview on running...
JDCOT 14: Law Degree Jobs - Planned Giving Careers
Planned giving jobs make great alternative careers for lawyers interested in nonprofit careers, fundraising, estate planning and tax law, a lawyer exp...
JDCOT 13: Law Degree Jobs - Lobbyist Careers
Government relations jobs are explored in this JDCOT interview with a public sector lobbyist who calls lobbying careers one of the good alternative ca...