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Browse roles built for lawyers who want business, nonprofit, government, or academic opportunities instead of traditional legal practice positions, with filters for function, industry, seniority, and location.
Explore JD Advantage Jobs in Chicago for Lawyers Leaving Law with ex judicata, the purpose-built platform for JDs moving into nonlegal careers. From Loop law firms to corporate, nonprofit, government, and academic opportunities across the Chicago market, get access to vetted roles, career diagnostics, coaching, courses, and a peer network designed for life after legal practice.
Tools, roles, coaching, and community resources for JDs pursuing business careers beyond legal practice.
Browse roles built for lawyers who want business, nonprofit, government, or academic opportunities instead of traditional legal practice positions, with filters for function, industry, seniority, and location.
Use a 20–30-minute assessment designed specifically for lawyers, mapping attorney traits to 25 business careers and guiding your next steps across courses, webinars, and coaching.
Work with vetted specialists on career direction, personal branding, interview preparation, reverse-recruiting, leadership development, and the practical realities of leaving legal practice.
Reposition your legal CV and LinkedIn profile for business hiring systems, translating legal accomplishments into function-specific keywords, impact statements, and executive-ready positioning.
Build confidence for behavioral, case-based, competency, and executive interviews with mock sessions, recorded feedback, and practice tailored to nonlegal business roles.
Close the business-skill gaps legal practice often leaves behind through finance, analytics, leadership, and vertical career-pivot programs designed for JDs.
Start with the EXJ Career Diagnostic to identify which business roles match your attorney traits, preferred work style, and experience level. For Chicago lawyers, this helps narrow broad options into realistic paths across the city’s corporate, financial, nonprofit, and policy sectors.
See how JDs have moved into executive, advisory, compliance, risk, and business roles beyond law.
ex judicata gives lawyers a structured, credible path from legal practice into business careers.
Built exclusively for JDs pursuing nonlegal careers, not general job seekers or practicing attorneys.
Useful for Chicago lawyers translating firm, in-house, or government experience into business value.
Access diagnostics, vetted roles, courses, coaching, community, and retained search in one platform.
Led by founders with deep legal-industry experience and insight into major markets like Chicago.
Founder-led expertise for lawyers building careers beyond law.
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.
JD advantage jobs are roles where a law degree is valuable, but practicing law is not the job. Common examples include compliance, risk, corporate strategy, operations, government policy, wealth management, nonprofit leadership, legal technology, and executive advisory roles. ex judicata focuses on helping lawyers translate legal training into the business language hiring managers use.
Get practical guidance for your next move beyond legal practice.
Platform trusted by a large national JD audience.
Founder experience across legal, recruiting, and education.
Dedicated exclusively to nonlegal JD career paths.
Tell us where you are in your transition, and we’ll point you toward the right EXJ tools, roles, coaching, or community resources.
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You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].