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Browse JD-friendly business, nonprofit, government, and academic openings where every listed role is nonlegal, with filters for industry, function, seniority, and location.
Discover remote-friendly nonlegal career paths where your JD still matters. ex judicata helps transitioning lawyers identify business, nonprofit, government, academic, compliance, risk, strategy, and advisory roles that value legal training without requiring legal practice. Explore vetted opportunities, practical upskilling, peer insight, and coaching built specifically for JDs ready to work differently.
Tools, coaching, job access, and community for JDs pursuing remote-friendly nonlegal careers.
Browse JD-friendly business, nonprofit, government, and academic openings where every listed role is nonlegal, with filters for industry, function, seniority, and location.
Use a 20–30-minute, PhD-validated assessment that maps attorney traits to 25 business careers and helps prioritize realistic remote-friendly paths.
Work with vetted Career Corner specialists on positioning, personal brand, interview strategy, leadership development, and reverse-recruiting support for nonlegal roles.
Translate legal accomplishments into business impact with ATS-tailored CVs, LinkedIn profiles, cover-letter templates, and executive bios for senior candidates.
Prepare for behavioral, STAR, competency-based, case, and executive-search interviews with mock sessions and feedback built for lawyers moving into business roles.
Join a peer-to-peer network of Non-Practicing Lawyers and lawyers exploring the exit, with directory filters by industry, function, and company.
Remote work makes it easier for JDs to build careers beyond practice, but the search still requires precise positioning. ex judicata brings together vetted nonlegal roles, career-fit tools, peer insight, coaching, and practical courses so transitioning lawyers can compete for business, government, nonprofit, academic, risk, compliance, and strategy opportunities with confidence.
Explore real JD transitions, employer placements, and first-person career-change stories across industries.
A purpose-built platform for lawyers ready to translate their JD into new career options.
The platform is dedicated exclusively to JDs seeking meaningful careers outside traditional legal practice.
Access opportunities with organizations seeking legal-trained talent for business, nonprofit, government, and academic roles.
Founders bring more than 75 years of combined experience across legal recruiting, education, and publishing.
Diagnostics, courses, coaching, community, search, and job access support the entire transition journey.
Built by founders who understand the JD transition.
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.
Remote options for JDs often include compliance, risk, policy, legal operations, contract-adjacent business roles, corporate strategy, product management, government policy work, nonprofit leadership, executive support, and advisory positions. ex judicata focuses on nonlegal roles where legal training translates into business judgment, structured thinking, stakeholder management, research, writing, negotiation, and regulatory fluency.
Get direction on roles, resources, coaching, and JD-friendly opportunities.
Major platform milestone demonstrating national reach.
Built by founders with deep legal-industry expertise.
Purpose-built for lawyers pursuing careers beyond practice.
Tell us where you are in your transition, what roles interest you, and which support would help most. The ex judicata team can point you toward the right platform resources, coaching options, job-board tools, or employer-side opportunities.
You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].
You can also send us a quick email at [email protected].