JD Consultancy Services for Lawyers Leaving the Law

The service helps JDs move from legal practice into credible nonlegal career paths. ex judicata combines a career diagnostic, business-skill courses, peer community, job board, coaching marketplace, CV and LinkedIn support, interview preparation, and executive search. The goal is to help lawyers translate legal experience into business value and connect with employers that actively want JD talent.

A good first step is the EXJ Career Diagnostic, a 20–30 minute assessment built specifically for lawyers. It maps attorney traits to 25 business careers, helping you narrow the field before investing time in applications or coaching. From there, many lawyers use targeted webinars, skills courses, and Career Corner coaching to validate and pursue a direction.

ex judicata supports transitions into business, nonprofits, government, academia, compliance, risk, strategy, operations, wealth management, product management, sales, public-sector leadership, nonprofit leadership, finance, board service, and executive roles. The platform is designed around nonlegal opportunities that value JD training, rather than simply redirecting lawyers toward another legal or in-house counsel role.

Yes. Career Corner includes vetted specialists who work with JDs on CV rewrites, LinkedIn positioning, personal branding, interview preparation, leadership development, and reverse-recruiting. This matters because a traditional legal résumé often signals partnership-track credibility but fails to show business impact, commercial judgment, cross-functional collaboration, and measurable outcomes in the language hiring managers expect.

The EXJ Job Board is built for lawyers who want roles outside legal practice. Listings are vetted for JD-friendliness and include business, nonprofit, government, academic, and other nonlegal opportunities. Users can filter by industry, function, seniority, and location, making it more focused than standard legal job boards that primarily surface associate, GC, or counsel positions.

Yes. EXJ Search supports mid-career and senior JDs pursuing retained-search opportunities, including Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Risk Officer, transaction advisory, ESG leadership, board secretary, chief of staff, GC-adjacent, and executive-suite roles. Candidate-side access is complimentary because retained-search fees follow an employer-paid structure for relevant mandates.

Pricing varies by product. The EXJ Career Diagnostic is listed at $25.95, Financial Fluency for Lawyers is listed at $195, and the EXJ Community is free for non-practicing lawyers, with $9.29/month access for still-practicing lawyers exploring the exit. Coaching, enterprise services, and cohort-based programs use separate pricing through exjudicata.com or participating experts.

Yes. The EXJ Community is a peer-to-peer network for Non-Practicing Lawyers and lawyers exploring a transition. It includes member connections and a directory designed around industry, function, company, and time since leaving law. This gives transitioning JDs access to people who understand the identity, compensation, and career-fit issues unique to leaving legal practice.