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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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    • Jan 30, 2015 LATEST EPISODE
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    JDCOT 52: Law Degree Careers - Corporate Real Estate Advisor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2015 6:22


    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 estate advisor right out of law school. Come hear all about it - unless you're risk averse!

    JDCOT 51: Law Degree Careers - Writing For TV

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2014 4:16


    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 with us, which has taken her to becoming a writer and producer for NCIS: Los Angeles.

    JDCOT 50: Law Careers - Working in Appellate Law

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2014 4:29


    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 want to hear from today's guest, a partner in a Los Angeles appellate boutique.

    JDCOT 49: Law Degree Careers - Regulatory Affairs Jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2014 4:54


    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 a national trade association right after graduating from law school.

    JDCOT 48: Law Degree Careers - Legal Support Services

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2014 5:17


    Interested in working in law without practicing law? Legal support services like making litigation graphics might be for you. Come hear from a former trial lawyer who built his own legal support business after leaving law.

    JDCOT 47: Law Degree Careers - Being A Writer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2014 5:39


    "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? Come hear from critically acclaimed writer Peter Orner, JD, on what it's like to be a writer.

    JDCOT 46: Law Degree Careers - Compliance Officer

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2014 5:02


    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 today is an ethics & compliance officer after leaving law in 2000 to work in compliance.

    JDCOT 45: Law Careers - Elder Care Lawyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2014 4:32


    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 while they're still here. Come explore this growing field of law.

    JDCOT 44: Law Degree Careers - Public Relations Executive

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2014 4:46


    PR careers make good alternative careers for lawyers due to the mix of skills required - especially in the sub-specialty of litigation and crisis communications. Come hear from today's guest, who left law before joining this law-adjacent path.

    JDCOT 43: Law Careers - Immigration Lawyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2014 4:04


    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 immigration law.

    JDCOT 42: Law Degree Careers - Being A Legal Journalist

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2014 4:24


    Becoming a journalist after leaving law is not uncommon. In this interview, Jill Schachner Chanen, an assistant managing editor of the ABA Journal, tells us about these alternative careers for lawye

    JDCOT 41: Law Degree Careers - Strategic Communications Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2014 4:53


    The role of strategic communications director is a good alternative career for lawyers due to the mix of skills required. In this interview, someone who left law for this path tells us what

    JDCOT 40: Law Careers - Being a Freelance Attorney

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 3:23


    Becoming a freelance attorney is a growing trend in the legal field. Check out this interview with a freelance attorney provider who explains that this role is a contract or temporary attorney who does l

    JDCOT 39: Law Degree Careers - eDiscovery Consultant

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2014 4:22


    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 his law-related role in the world of litigation.

    JDCOT 38: Law Careers - Corporate Bankruptcy Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2014 5:38


    Interested in bankruptcy law? Check out this interview with a corporate bankruptcy lawyer who talks about the role of climbing in to someone?s business that?s in distress to help them out.

    JDCOT 37: Law Careers - Workers' Rights Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2014 3:55


    Interested in employment law but don't want to represent companies? In this interview, an employment lawyer who represents employees tells us about her work - from negotiating employment, severance, non-compete agreements & more.

    JDCOT 36: Law Degree Careers - Union Collective Bargaining Director

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2014 4:57


    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 is like in this interview.

    JDCOT 35: Law Degree Careers - Being A Civic Leader

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2014 3:43


    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 to this interview to learn about being a civic leader.

    JDCOT 34: Law Careers - Employment Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2014 4:37


    Employment law careers representing companies provide interesting work with a human touch, says an employment lawyer in this interview.

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    JDCOT 33: Law Careers - Construction Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2014 4:15


    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 be a construction lawyer.

    JDCOT 32: Law Degree Jobs - Refugee Status Determination As A UN Volunteer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2014 5:47


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2014 5:41


    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 and tells us all about these types of lawyers.

    JDCOT 30: Law Degree Jobs - Legal Knowledge Management

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2014 4:01


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2014 2:13


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2014 4:15


    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 you in this JDCOT interview with a law firm partner.

    JDCOT 27: Law Degree Jobs - Community Development Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2014 4:34


    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 JDs.

    JDCOT 26: Law Careers - Criminal Defense Attorney

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2014 4:40


    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 career for you.

    JDCOT 25: Law Degree Jobs - Political Campaign Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2014 2:40


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2014 3:21


    What is a community organizer? This interview with a lawyer who became a community organizer explains the path and tells us that community organizer jobs make good alternative legal careers.

    JDCOT 23: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Banking Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2014 4:19


    Learn what investment bankers do in this interview with a lawyer-turned-investment banker-turned-lawyer. Anyone interested in leaving law for investment banking should listen to this one.

    JDCOT 22: Law Careers - Consumer Rights Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2014 3:36


    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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2014 5:43


    Social justice advocate Abby Leibman explains advocacy careers and shares advice for lawyers and law students considering these alternative careers for lawyers.

    JDCOT 20: Law Career Advice from Doug Kmiec

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2014 4:37


    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 Counsel and beyond.

    JDCOT 19: Law Careers - Tax Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2014 6:14


    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 tax planning. Today we learn about tax law careers from a transactional tax lawyer.

    JDCOT 18: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Advisor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2014 4:16


    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 advisors do and explains why investment advisors make good alternative careers for lawyers.

    JDCOT 17: Law Degree Jobs - Real Estate Redevelopment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2014 3:46


    Commercial real estate jobs doing shopping center redevelopment are explored in this JDCOT interview with a redevelopment director who says this is great work to do with a law degree if you don't want to be a lawyer.

    JDCOT 16: Law Careers - Land Use Attorneys

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2014 5:20


    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 types of lawyers blend real estate and environmental law with public policy, politics and more.

    JDCOT 15: Law Degree Jobs - Nonprofit Management Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2014 5:15


    Careers in nonprofits are good alternative legal careers, Tiger Woods Foundation's CEO, a non-practicing lawyer, explains in this interview on running a non-profit organization.

    JDCOT 14: Law Degree Jobs - Planned Giving Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2014 2:55


    Planned giving jobs make great alternative careers for lawyers interested in nonprofit careers, fundraising, estate planning and tax law, a lawyer explains in this JDCOT interview.

    JDCOT 13: Law Degree Jobs - Lobbyist Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2014 6:32


    Government relations jobs are explored in this JDCOT interview with a public sector lobbyist who calls lobbying careers one of the good alternative careers for lawyers.

    JDCOT 12: Legislative Careers On Capitol Hill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2014 3:56


    What jobs for lawyers can you find working on the Hill? A former Congressional staffer describes what to do with a law degree on Capitol Hill in this JDCOT interview.

    JDCOT 11: Law Degree Jobs - Commercial Insurance Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2014 3:42


    Being an insurance broker is one of the good alternative jobs for lawyers, a commercial insurance broker with a law degree explains in this JDCOT career interview.

    JDCOT 10: Law Careers - Become an IP Lawyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2014 2:56


    Is an intellectual property law career right for you? A law firm partner talks about being an IP lawyer and the variety of careers for lawyers in IP law in this JDCOT interview.

    JDCOT 09: Law Degree Jobs - Careers in Business Development

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2014 3:22


    This JDCOT episode explores business development jobs. I interview a business development executive who explains what legal skills make biz dev one of the good alternative careers for lawyers. She also talks about leaving law to explore this path.

    JDCOT 08: Law Careers - Business Litigation

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2014 5:37


    This episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT) explores litigation careers in my interview with a business litigation lawyer based in Los Angeles. He tells us all about these types of lawyers.

    JDCOT 07: Law Degree Jobs - Careers In Wireless

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2014 3:56


    Wireless site acquisition careers make good alternative jobs for lawyers due to the legal skills used. In this JDCOT episode, I interview a wireless expert to learn more about this career path.

    JDCOT 06: Law Degree Jobs - Sports Agent Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2014 5:43


    Wondering what sports agents do? Check out this JDCOT interview with a sports agent who became an agent after leaving law. This is one of the exciting alternative careers for lawyers.

    JDCOT 05: Law Degree Jobs - Human Resources Careers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2014 5:32


    Explore human resources jobs as alternative careers for lawyers in my JDCOT interview with an HR executive and EEO officer. If leaving law or employment law interests you, you?ll want to check this out.

    JDCOT 04: Law Careers - Medical Malpractice Defense

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2014 3:37


    This episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT) looks at insurance defense law jobs. We explore these litigation careers in my interview with a medical malpractice attorney from New York.

    JDCOT 03: Law Careers - Assistant Attorney General

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2014 4:15


    In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), we explore government law jobs as I interview an assistant attorney general from the state of Oregon.

    JDCOT 02: Law Careers - Personal Injury Lawyers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2014 46:40


    In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), I interview a personal injury attorney about what it's like being a PI lawyer. We explore these litigation careers as one of the jobs to do with a law degree.

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