Career Diagnostic
A $25.95, 20–30 minute, PhD-validated assessment mapping 8 attorney traits to 25 business careers, built specifically for JDs considering life beyond legal practice.
If you are a JD questioning whether legal practice is still the right fit, this attorney assessment helps you move from uncertainty to a focused career direction. The EXJ Career Diagnostic maps attorney traits to specific business careers, then connects your results to practical next steps across coaching, courses, webinars, community, and nonlegal job opportunities.
Assessment-led career transition resources for JDs exploring meaningful nonlegal roles and practical next steps.
A $25.95, 20–30 minute, PhD-validated assessment mapping 8 attorney traits to 25 business careers, built specifically for JDs considering life beyond legal practice.
A vetted Career Corner panel supports CV, LinkedIn, personal brand, interviews, leadership development, and reverse-recruiting for lawyers navigating nonlegal transitions.
Specialists rewrite legal CVs and LinkedIn profiles into business-ready positioning, aligning accomplishments with target functions, ATS keywords, and hiring-manager expectations.
Courses and webinars close common JD skill gaps, including financial fluency, data analytics, leadership, and vertical-specific career knowledge for business roles.
The Ex Judicata Job Board lists nonlegal roles for JDs, with filters by industry, function, seniority, location, and JD-friendliness.
EXJ Community connects non-practicing lawyers and still-practicing JDs exploring the exit through a peer network built around shared transition experience.
Begin with the EXJ Career Diagnostic, a 20–30 minute assessment built for JDs. It evaluates attorney traits through the lens of business career fit, rather than forcing legal professionals into generic career-test categories.
Explore real JD transition stories and see how lawyers built careers beyond practice.
Ex Judicata helps lawyers turn career uncertainty into a practical transition plan.
The world’s only comprehensive platform devoted to JDs seeking careers outside legal practice.
The diagnostic maps attorney traits to business careers, not generic personality labels.
Assessment connects directly to coaching, courses, webinars, community, job board, and search.
Founders bring 75+ years of legal industry, recruiting, publishing, and education experience.
Built by legal-career insiders who understand the pivot.
Co-Founder
Neil Handwerker is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata, the world's only comprehensive employment platform dedicated to helping lawyers transition from legal practice to fulfilling nonlegal careers. After earning his JD, Neil briefly practiced law before recognizing it wasn't the right fit and pivoting to a career in business. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his mission. He co-founded Fulcrum Information Services, which grew into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. Neil later became a seasoned legal recruiter before launching Ex Judicata in 2022 alongside his long-time business partner Kimberly Fine. With over 75 years of combined industry experience between the two founders, Neil brings deep expertise in legal recruiting, career transitions, and platform building to every aspect of the company.
Co-Founder
Kimberly Fine is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata and a seasoned business leader with an MBA and decades of experience at the intersection of legal services and publishing. As the long-time business partner of Neil Handwerker, Kim helped build Fulcrum Information Services into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. She subsequently held prominent roles at several leading legal publications, deepening her expertise in the legal industry and the career challenges facing JDs. In 2022, Kim co-founded Ex Judicata to create a first-of-its-kind platform connecting lawyers seeking nonlegal career paths with organizations eager to hire JD talent. Her business acumen and media savvy have been instrumental in growing the platform to over 500,000 unique users and launching the groundbreaking EXJ Community.
The EXJ Career Diagnostic is a 20–30 minute assessment built specifically for lawyers considering a move into business or other nonlegal careers. It maps 8 attorney traits against 25 specific business career paths, helping you identify where your legal training, personality, and work preferences may translate most effectively outside practice.
Get guidance on the right next step for your transition.
Reached by January 2026
Founder expertise across legal careers
Purpose-built for JD career pivots
Reach out to learn how the diagnostic, coaching, courses, community, and job board can support your next career move beyond legal practice.
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