Alternative Legal Careers

Emerging Careers in Legal

8-part Brown Bag Series

The ABA Center for Innovation and Young Lawyers Division partnered to bring you this Brown Bag and Toolkit virtual series on Emerging Careers In Legal. This eight-part series takes a deep dive into various careers for attorneys looking for an alternative to the traditional "partner track."

Toolkit

The standard “Partner Track” is not for everyone! This toolkit will help give you ideas to reinvigorate your legal career or start you in a new direction. Do you have additional resources? Let us know!

Resources

Nine Non-Legal Jobs You Can (Really, Truly) Do With a Law Degree

By Casey Berman, Founder, Leave Law Behind

Article | Explore nine jobs that align with lawyer's skills.

Career

Seven Skills Attorneys Have That the Rest of the World Would Die For

By Casey Berman

Article | Lawyers have marketable skills. We possess a skill set and an array of talents that are actually in high demand by many businesses. Let’s see how.

Professional Development

3 Big Concerns in Hiring JDs for Nontraditional Roles

By: Anusia Gillespie

Article | Hiring managers are often at loss as to how to treat JDs seeking employment in a nontraditional role. There may be no blueprint because the interviewing attorney is transitioning out of her standard, tried and true, expected career path.