Letter from the Editor
April 2025
Greetings from NALP,
Ex Judicata just attended the National Association for Law Placement’s Annual Convention. 1,500 career services professionals from both law firms and law schools were in attendance. There is bad news and good news. The bad it was clear that the majority of law firms and law schools do not have a handle on assisting lawyers who want to transition to nonlegal careers.
Nowhere was this more apparent than at a session on JD Advantage Careers featuring Ex Judicata’s own Kim Fine joined by leaders from Baker & Hosteler, Lubrizol Corporation and Ava Maria law school. For the uninitiated, JD Advantage is a designation which has been around for decades and speaks to nonlegal careers where having a JD is an advantage. The session was standing room only and from the questions and line of people waiting to talk to Kim afterwards it was apparent that both law firms and law schools are starting to realize what they don’t know and are hungry to learn more about nonlegal job options for JDs.
The good news is Ex Judicata is, perhaps, better positioned than any organization to help shape opinion and advance the cause of helping JDs who want to leave law move to nonlegal careers.
Please keep those cards and letters coming 🙂
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