Law school presents a clear and simple path: graduate, take the bar, become a lawyer.
Of course, that’s not the only way; just because you have a legal degree, that doesn’t mean you have to use it to practice law. Both your law degree and your legal experience can combine to offer you alternative pathways, into legal-related or non-legal fields, that nonetheless require some of the transferable skills that are also valuable in traditional law practice. Neither is this a new phenomenon: for centuries, attorneys have used their law degrees to achieve success in other fields.
Join our experts as we consider what alternate career paths are open for lawyers now, and discuss how, why, and when to make the move.
Of course, that’s not the only way; just because you have a legal degree, that doesn’t mean you have to use it to practice law. Both your law degree and your legal experience can combine to offer you alternative pathways, into legal-related or non-legal fields, that nonetheless require some of the transferable skills that are also valuable in traditional law practice. Neither is this a new phenomenon: for centuries, attorneys have used their law degrees to achieve success in other fields.
Join our experts as we consider what alternate career paths are open for lawyers now, and discuss how, why, and when to make the move.
Course Content
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm: Program Introduction + Personal Introduction- Jared D. Correia, Esq., Red Cave Law Firm Consulting, Beverly
- Panel
- When did you realize you just didn't want to practice law anymore? • Did you have trouble shedding the identity of a lawyer? • How did you decide on your alternate career path? • Do you miss practicing law, and if so: How do you scratch that itch? • What are some of the toxic elements of law practice that you were happy to leave behind? Or, did you just end up trading those problems for others?
- Panel
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- There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only.
- They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.
