Letter from the Editor
February 2025
We’ve hit another milestone. 100,000 unique users in 20 months. To all who visit, thank you. And to those new, please have a look around the site.
When we say we are all about helping any lawyer or law student who wants to or needs to find a nonlegal career we put our money where our mouth is. We’ve made everything on ex judicata—the job board, the Diagnostic, the courses free for any 3L caught in the crossfire of federal government cutbacks.
In 2025, we are doubling down in our outreach to hiring authorities in Corporate America asking them to consider JDs for myriad nonlegal jobs. Not just so called ‘law adjacent’ jobs like compliance.
Demographic and labor market trends tilt strongly in our favor as the nation faces a shortfall of millions of workers over the next 10 years. ex judicata proposes that JDs who no longer want to practice law are a brand-new talent pool. And the JD skill set can serve in place of experience. It is called Skills-Based Hiring, and it is the future.
Your JD Skills Are Currency in the new economy. A ticket to landing a nonlegal job.
“Asked and Answered”
The question I get asked most often from lawyers who feel they have hit a wall and want to consider career alternatives is something like:
“Where do you suggest I start? I have no idea what types of opportunities are available for someone with my background.”
We created a tool specifically to help, the exj Diagnostic. Put together with a pair of Ph.D.s in organizational behavior, it matches your personality, work history, and skill set with 25 different careers where JDs have proven successful time and time again.
Click here to learn more.