6 More Alternative Jobs For Lawyers

After repeated requests for more alternative jobs for lawyers, I have decided to add to the old article 6 Alternative jobs for Lawyers Jobs. These are merely some thoughts which can perhaps get those brain cells working to help you to witness your talents and give some direction as to where you may incorporate your efforts.

o Motivational Speaker

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This was motivated by a comment left by an anonymous reader. There could very well be something in the suggestion that lawyers should try collective speaking. Look at some of the well known motivational speakers like Les Brown and John Dmytryszyn. What skills do these guys possess? They are comfortable speaking to a large audience, they can tell personal stories of their own unhappiness or discontent, they can speak of overcoming adversity and they can convince you to make the choices they recommend. So they are regularly eloquent, persuasive, inspiring and perhaps flamboyant raconteurs. I would say that pretty much sums up a fine trial lawyer. Francine Ward is one lawyer who did it.

o Poker Player

Interestingly this was also inspired by a lawyer/commenter who was quite likely speaking tongue in cheek. Now don't laugh and don't end up like the compulsive lawyer/gambler Arelia Taveras. The point of this suggestion however is to stress that you can make a living out of something you love and it has been done as evidenced by the story of Greg Fossilman Raymer who rose from relative obscurity as a Patent lawyer to achieve notoriety as the 2004 World Series Poker champion. As Greg himself states on his website, he took from the strengths he gained as a lawyer and applied them to poker.

"If you're a litigator or do a lot of negotiation, then you have to be able to read habitancy well, and rule when they're bluffing or lying, and when they're not. As such, lawyers who have that type of practice, and who do well at it, are probably in a position to speedily come to be very good poker players."

o Career Coach

Who best than man who has been through the rigors of law school and the legal profession to guide attorneys both inside and surface the law. I already mentioned Monica Parker who helps unhappy lawyers careers surface of the law. Julie Fleming-Brown is also a trained lawyer who provides expert and personal coaching for lawyers. You may be very organized or perhaps you notice aspects of the practice that you feel strongly could do with revising but your firm gives little or no value to your ideas, you may have a gift for organizational or human reserved supply management or you may be an perfect motivator. Instead of retention your head over a stack of files for hours or butting heads with other lawyers in the court room you may be happier helping them to achieve best work/life equilibrium inside or surface the law.

o Legal Recruiter

A legal recruiter with a legal background is often viewed as an asset. Here is a man who understands how the legal profession works, how lawyers think and interact and the needs of law firms. Some of the talents for a work coach may be applied here as well and a legal recruiter with perfect coaching skills will probably gain an perfect credit and build a great business. Here are two examples of lawyers turned legal recruiters Felig/Lindy Legal and Abacus Legal Jobs. Note they both reject the view that they just offer employment service. The old emphasizes the breadth of their offerings and the latter relies on the reach of their expertise across the globe with their motto run by lawyers for lawyers.

o Legal Correspondent

You have seen them haven't you? Star Jones and Cynthia McFadden come to mind. You take the inside knowledge you have of the law and with your perfect communicating skills you elaborate the wranglings and machinations of a civil suit, a criminal case or issues concerning judges, lawyers and the esoteric legal society as a whole to the public. Who knows you may even step up and get your own show or an anchor position on primetime Tv.

o Private Investigator

Oh yes. I am sure you have read novels where the protagonist is the lawyer turned inexpressive eye. They all the time seem to be down and broke however. So it is likely that most lawyers would view this as a step down but some of us are more than snoops we have strong investigative talents and are quite competent at intelligence conferrence with some firm savyy to back it up. We are also masters at reading in the middle of the lines or looking through the scam so why not consider this field. You won't be little to checking out whether Mr. R and his colleague are spending their lunch hour at the colleague's apartment but the range is wide encompassing firm intelligence Gathering, Database Investigations, Ip investigations, Civil and Criminal Investigations and more. Michael D. Rothman and Todd A. Carozza both noteworthy attorneys established their own investigative firm.

Greg the poker player discusses the gift of both his science and legal background. This is enlightening. Most lawyers already have at least two degrees. If you can harness and leverage the sets of skills you gained and industrialized in those areas you most likely could find a way to find the job which is ideal for you.

6 More Alternative Jobs For Lawyers

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