Arron, What Can You Do With a Law Degree?: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297 .A875 2004
American focus; includes roster of Internet job resources for lawyers, a Job Grid system to define ideal career and work environment, a list of online career assessment tests, and job options in categories.
Bolles, What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
Multiple Locations: HF5383 .B56
[see also Bolles' website: http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/]
Byers, Samuelson, & Williamson, Lawyers in Transition: Planning a Life in the Law
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297.Z9 B93 1988
American focus; resources on assessing yourself and accompanying exercises, section on planning and investigating careers, list of lawyer job titles.
Demers, ed., Legal Information Specialists: A Guide to Launching and Building your Career
LAW LIBRARY (level 3): Z682.4.L37 L44 2012
Explains how to enter the field of legal information specialists, the types of opportunities available, and how to make career advancements. Describes work in different environments including courthouse library, law firm library, law society , and legislative library. Tips on how to get a job, what to expect, and the rewards and challenges.
Federal Reports Inc., JD Preferred: Legal Career Alternatives
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297 .J36 1995
American focus; includes sections on the pros and cons of changing your career, resume/cover-letter writing tips, sections on work in academia, alternative dispute resolution, risk management, ethics, international trade, media, and technology transfer.
Killoughey, ed., Breaking Traditions: Work Alternatives for Lawyers
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297 .B64 1993
American focus; sections and chapters on balanced life issues, defining a new work culture, matching the job with your personality, and individual profiles of law-related alternative career choices.
Levit & Linder, The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF300 .L485 2010
Examines happiness in general and focuses specifically on law school, happiness as a lawyer and how law firms can keep lawyers happy.
Munneke, The Legal Career Guide: From Law Student to Lawyer
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297 .M865 1992
American focus; chapters on career planning, analyzing career skills and the job market for lawyers.
Munneke & Henslee, Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF297 .M862 2002
American focus; explains when and how to choose a non-legal career; the specialized skills legal training provides; and how to plan and conduct a job search. A resource section provides surveys and listings of non-legal careers in several categories, and a listing of publishers and suggested readings on non-legal careers.
Seron, The Business of Practicing Law: The Work Lives of Solo and Small-Firm Attorneys
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF318 .S47 1996
American focus; includes sections on marketing, managing, and negotiations.
Strausser, Judgment Reversed: Alternative Careers for Lawyers
LAW LIBRARY level 3: KF298 .S77 1997
American focus; wider range of career options presented; also information on preparation and analysis of skills for this wider range of careers.
