Law - Careers in Law

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.

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[see also Bolles' website: https://www.jobhuntersbible.com/]

American focus; resources on assessing yourself and accompanying exercises, section on planning and investigating careers, list of lawyer job titles.

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.

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.

Canadian focus; presents experiences of lawyers who have made changes to their careers and advice from legal career coaches.

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.

Examines happiness in general and focuses specifically on law school, happiness as a lawyer and how law firms can keep lawyers happy.

American focus; chapters on career planning, analyzing career skills and the job market for lawyers.

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.

American focus; includes sections on marketing, managing, and negotiations.

American focus; wider range of career options presented; also information on preparation and analysis of skills for this wider range of careers.