JD Job Board
Browse a job board where every listed role is a nonlegal opportunity for JDs, with filters for industry, function, seniority, and location to support focused applications.
Find JD preferred jobs in New York that translate legal training into business, compliance, risk, strategy, nonprofit, government, and executive roles. ex judicata helps lawyers leaving law move beyond firm and in-house postings with vetted nonlegal opportunities, targeted coaching, practical courses, and a peer network shaped for New York’s finance, insurance, tech, and public-sector market.
Explore practical tools for finding, qualifying for, and winning JD preferred nonlegal roles.
Browse a job board where every listed role is a nonlegal opportunity for JDs, with filters for industry, function, seniority, and location to support focused applications.
Access retained executive-search opportunities for senior JDs moving into compliance, risk, advisory, chief of staff, ESG, board secretary, and other nonlegal leadership roles.
Use a 20–30 minute, PhD-validated assessment that maps attorney traits to 25 business careers and recommends practical next steps for your transition.
Work with vetted specialists on CVs, LinkedIn profiles, personal branding, interviews, reverse recruiting, and leadership positioning for nonlegal business roles.
Join a peer-to-peer network for non-practicing lawyers and still-practicing attorneys exploring the exit, including searchable member connections and shared transition insight.
Build business credibility through financial fluency, data analytics, executive education, and vertical webinars covering destinations such as compliance, sales, wealth, and strategy.
Start with the EXJ Career Diagnostic to identify business roles that fit your attorney traits, preferred working style, and seniority. For New York lawyers, this helps separate realistic finance, compliance, policy, tech, and nonprofit paths from generic career-change advice.
Real JD transitions, employer placements, and first-person stories show what life after law can look like.
Purpose-built support for lawyers who want more than another legal job posting.
The only comprehensive platform dedicated to JDs pursuing fulfilling careers beyond legal practice.
Listings and resources match New York’s demand for compliance, risk, finance, tech, and strategy talent.
Founders bring 75+ years across legal recruiting, education, publishing, and business transitions.
Diagnostic, courses, coaching, community, job board, and search support work together in one path.
Built by legal-industry veterans 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.
JD preferred jobs are roles where legal training is valued but a law license or active legal practice is not required. Common examples include compliance, risk, corporate strategy, operations, government affairs, policy, wealth management, product management, and nonprofit leadership. These roles reward analytical thinking, judgment, writing, negotiation, stakeholder management, and comfort with complex rules—skills many lawyers already use daily.
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A major credibility marker for lawyers exploring nonlegal careers.
Founder experience spanning legal recruiting, education, and publishing.
Purpose-built platform for JDs leaving legal practice.
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