Artificial Intelligence Juggernauts and the Data Economy that Feeds Them

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.

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The Happiness Project*: Lawyer Edition:

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.

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What Is Your Elevator Pitch?

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

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The ex judicata Checklist for Lawyers Who Want to Transition to a Nonlegal Career

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

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Beyond Law – Finding Success in Alternative Careers

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…

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You’ve Lost Your Job, Now What

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…

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10 Interview Questions Lawyers Moving to Business Should Ask

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 …

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Issue Spotting as a Driver of Success in Business

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…

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Bad Alternative Careers for Lawyers

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.

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Ask a Recruiter

Since we have former recruiters on the ex judicata staff, we are starting to get very specific questions from attorneys who feel they are at a career crossroads…

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