Careers | Seton Hall Law: Alternative Careers

Anecdotes of attorneys who identified new legal career choices while staying true to their passions.

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Also in West Academic Subscription. Job exploration and search advice aimed at students and recent grads. Includes sections on some specialized careers. Chapter 9 of this book deals with "Interviewing: The Secrets That Turn Interviews into Offers."

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How to assess one's qualifications for an alternative career and identify potential employers at leading businesses. Suggestions on how to contact potential employers.

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“Being a lawyer is not just a job, it’s an identity.” This book has a five part model of career satisfaction to help you determine your career identity. Also contains a self-assessment guide and a job values sorting exercise.

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When and how to choose a nonlegal career. Detailed vignettes of non-traditional career paths taken by real people reinforce the advice.

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A roadmap to transactional lawyering engaged in sharing, bartering, and exchanging to create cooperatives, social enterprises, commerce, land and housing relationships, and new approaches to intellectual property.

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Steps to a successful career transition. Advice on how to be realistic about transition at any stage of one's legal career.