Career Services Resources and Strategies: Alternative Careers

• 50 Unique Legal Paths by Ursula Furi-Perry

  ISBN: 9781590319970

  Publication Date: 2009-02-16

  Growing practice areas for new JDs -- Nonprofit and public interest careers -- Growing government careers -- Careers in academia and education -- Positions in law office management and administration -- Growing business and corporate careers -- Self-employment options -- Tips for career services professionals -- Figuring out what you WANT to do.
• Career Opportunities in Law and the Legal Industry by Susan Echaore-McDavid

  ISBN: 0816067163

  Publication Date: 2007-03-01
• Fifty Legal Careers for Non-Lawyers by Ursula Furi-Perry

  ISBN: 1590319273

  Publication Date: 2008-02-05

  Ten growing practice areas for paralegals -- Ten great positions in law office management and administration -- Ten completely unique positions for skilled nonlawyers -- Five great positions for self-starters -- Five great positions if you're just getting started -- Ten great nonlawyer positions outside of law firms.
• How to Be a Law Professor Guide by Ronald W. Eades

  ISBN: 9781600420511

  Publication Date: 2008-08-01

  Does everyone want to teach in law school? -- Finding that first job -- Getting to tenure -- Life after tenure -- Lifetime research and writing -- Lifetime teaching -- Lifetime service -- Visiting -- Looking at retirement.
• Life after Law: Finding Work You Love with the JD You Have by Liz Brown; Gloria Larson (Foreword by)

   

  ISBN: 1937134644

  Publication Date: 2013-10-01

  Part I. The depression profession -- Why are so many lawyers unhappy? -- The bonds of money, status, and purpose -- Challenges and alternatives for women lawyers -- Part II. Repurposing your law career -- Reframing your preferred skills -- Where to start when you have no idea where to start -- How to stop worrying and love the informational interview -- Advocating for your next career -- Part III. The role models : eight basic paths to career happiness for former lawyers -- The writers -- The entrepreneurs -- The artisans -- The analysts -- The professors -- The consultants -- The advocates -- The healers -- The independent.
  
  Also available online via Library catalog
• The New What Can You Do with a Law Degree by Larry Richard; Tanya Hanson; Deborah L. Arron

  ISBN: 0940675714

  Publication Date: 2012-09-01

  What's your career identity? -- Why this book was written (and for whom) -- The nature of transition -- The case for self-assessment -- Introducing the Lawyer Career Satisfaction Model (sm) -- Does your job fit your values? -- Does your job fit your psychological needs? -- Does your job fit your communication style? -- Does your job fit your motivated skills? -- Does your job fit your career interests? -- Identifying your ideal job -- The case for solo practice -- Finding work inside, outside & around the law -- Putting your best foot forward -- The personal obstacles to career satisfaction -- Should I leave the law? -- The disengagement process -- Your support network.
• Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers by Gary A. Munneke; William D. Henslee; Ellen Wayne

  ISBN: 9781590316757

  Publication Date: 2006-07-21

  What's your career identity? -- Why this book was written (and for whom) -- The nature of transition -- The case for self-assessment -- Introducing the Lawyer Career Satisfaction Model (sm) -- Does your job fit your values? -- Does your job fit your psychological needs? -- Does your job fit your communication style? -- Does your job fit your motivated skills? -- Does your job fit your career interests? -- Identifying your ideal job -- The case for solo practice -- Finding work inside, outside & around the law -- Putting your best foot forward -- The personal obstacles to career satisfaction -- Should I leave the law? -- The disengagement process -- Your support network.
• Turning Points: New Paths to Second Careers for Lawyers by George H. Cain

  ISBN: 9781604427134

  Publication Date: 2010-08-16

  The world of entertainment and sports -- Alternative dispute resolution -- Public service -- The next career steps : paperwork and legal details.

This page collects websites that focus on alternative careers for lawyers. These resources complement the resources that are available through Career Services and the Library.

• FindLaw--Alternatives to Practicing Law
• ABA Career Center-Alternative Legal Careers
• NALP Alternative Careers for Lawyers: Websites of Interest (last updated 2010)
• Alternative Careers for Lawyers: Where to Start, Michigan Bar Journal, August 2017
• Alternative Careers Issue, Law Practice Today , September  2017
• Career Shift: Alternatives to Practicing Law, Practical Lawyer, April 2019 (available online via Westlaw or HeinOnline)
• Top Job Search Websites for Legal Jobs and Alternative Legal Careers, The National Jurist, March 7, 2016
• The Ultimate Alternative Legal Careers, The National Jurist, May 2, 2018
• What Alternative Legal Career is Right for You?, Findlaw, July 12, 2019