Guidance

Life on another planet: Moving from law firm to nonlegal job in Corporate America.

Enter a world where questions are actually encouraged, and concepts like ‘teamwork’ are more than a curiosity.

The first in our series exploring the digitalization of nearly everything, this article highlights promising career directions accompanying this digital transformation that are particularly well-served by a trained lawyer’s mindset. We’ll survey the accelerating emergence of artificial intelligence and implications of a growing “data economy”. In subsequent articles we’ll delve deeper into the alternative career pathways highlighted.

Overcoming Common Hurdles to Leaving Law for a New Career. A growing number of lawyers are hitting the wall. That is, coming to the realization that they don’t want to continue to practice law.  It’s not just lawyers of course.  In the age of the Great Resignation, all sorts of people are realizing they want to seek greener pastures.  Even if they don’t know what those greener pastures are.

If you ask 100 attorneys, who successfully transitioned to careers in business, how they did it you’ll likely get 100 different answers.

Making the leap from practicing attorney to businessperson is almost certainly the most daunting professional challenge you will ever undertake…

A lawyer’s education and experience ensure a skill set that readily transfers to virtually any corporate role, from marketing and business development to labor relations and human resources…

You’ve Lost Your Job, Now What? If you’ve considered more than once leaving law for an alternative career, as painful as losing a job is, you may have gotten the proverbial blessing in disguise…

Lawyers spend a lot of time asking questions, and this skill will be critical to finding success in a new job. To find the right fit, you’ll need to get answers from a lot of people …

It’s all about issue spotting. But, not in the way you think. You know how crucial issue spotting was to your success in law…

ex judicata was created to help attorneys who want to transition find the perfect new career. Along the way we will do our best to help you steer clear of bad alternatives.