Alternative Careers
Flex Jobs - part-time, telecommuting, freelance jobs across various industries including legal
Gregory Yates Consulting- coaching services by serving attorneys who seek assistance in the lawyer career transition process
Hire An Esquire- legal services company placing attorneys in flexible and permanent work
JD Careers Out There - career assessment and job coaching for lawyers and law students
Life After Law- job listings for lawyers looking for non-traditional roles in Canada
Non-Traditional Jobs to Consider for JDs/Attorneys- categories to look at ADR, arts/media, education, fund development, legislation/lobbying, non-profit fund management and others
Advertising/Marketing Law
American Association of Advertising Agencies - roles in advertising agency business across the U.S.
American Marketing Association- job listings in the marketing community
Legal Marketing Association- roles in legal marketing across the US
Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA)- licensing, advertising, marketing jobs
Links Partners Job Board- jobs in legal marketing and business development
Saatchi & Saatchi – job listings with the advertising agency
Seventy 72 and Sunny – job listings with the advertising agency
Animal Law
ASPCA- job listings with the ASPCA
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)- roles in marketing, law, public affairs, fundraising and investigations
Art Law
Center for Art Law- serving academics, legal practitioners, collectors, dealers, and government officials in the area of art law
Guggenheim Museum- job opportunities within the museum and foundation
J. Paul Getty Trust- opportunities within cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts
Career & Executive Coaching
CS Thrive- provides coaching and assessments for attorneys who are seeking to pivot into alternative legal careers and/or new career role. Full service recruitment firm placing attorneys, C-Suite executives and law firm partners in firms across the US.
Heather Joy Hubbard- career coaching and consulting for attorneys and companies seeking personal and professional balance in pursuit of career advancement
Paula Edgar- speaking, coaching and consulting firm, which provides innovative and strategic solutions on career management, executive/leadership development, diversity efforts, networking and social media strategy
Sheila Azad- executive coach for lawyers who want to actualize their highest potential and leverage their unique talents and gifts for exceptional results in work and life.
Trellis Consulting -firm focused on diversity and inclusion by providing coaching, assessment/evaluation, workshops/programs, strategic solutions and design for individuals and companies
Women Interested in Leaving Law- career coaching for women senior or mid-level associate, who loves life and wants to spend it outside the billable hour.
Compliance
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists- roles in compliance for the financial sector
FINRA- roles in compliance, HR and legal
Healthcare Care Compliance Association- compliance roles within healthcare industry
Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics – job board with listing of roles within corporate compliance across the US
Data Privacy & Cybersecurity
IAPP Job Board- International Association of Privacy Professionals job board for seekers looking for data privacy roles in the US and abroad.
ISACA Career Center- job board with IT governance, technology risk and cybersecurity roles in the US and abroad.
EDiscovery
DTI Global - ediscovery, sales and business development
Eqiq Systems - litigation technology provider, e-discovery
Exterro- roles is product management, project management, sales and more
Fronteo- litigation consulting, e-discovery solutions and project management
FTI Technology- jobs e-discovery sales, consulting and management
H5- roles in sales, client and business development
KrollOnTrack- e-discovery roles from product development to IT and sales
Recommind - positions in e-discovery, sales and business development
Relativity- sales, business development, product management
Symantec- business development, operations, sales and legal functions
Environmental Law
Centre of Environmental Law – internships, fellowship and job listings to those in public interest/ international environmental law
Earth Justice- opportunities in communication, policy and litigation
Southern Environmental Law Center – job listings in environmental law
United Nations – Environmental Law Department – UN job vacancies in environmental law
Fashion Law
The Business of Fashion- daily resource for fashion creatives, executives and entrepreneurs all over the world.
Fashion Law Institute- world’s first center dedicated to law and business of fashion
LVMH- roles at luxury retail & fashion brands including Moet & Chandon, Christian Dior, Louis Vuitton, Thomas Pink in technology, sales, merchandising and more
Louis Vuitton – listings for professionals in licensing, merchandising and finance
Marc Jacobs- listings for professionals in licensing and merchandising
Finance/FinTech
Betterment- fintech company that combines an intuitive user interface with smart, efficient investing.
EFinancial Careers- job listings for professionals and students in Compliance, Finance, Banking, Accounting and Insurance
SoFi- fintech company taking a radical approach to lending and wealth management
Stripe – fintech company that allows both private individuals and businesses to accept payments over the internet.
Government
Chief Administrative Officer of the House- roles within the Chief Administrative Office for the US House of Representatives
State & Local Government - provides state government links for all 50 states
USA Federal Jobs- federal government's official job list
US House of Representatives - employment opportunities at the US House of Representatives
United States Courts- diverse career opportunities within the federal courts, federal public defender organizations, and the Administrative Office of the United States Courts
United States Senate- employment opportunities at the US Senate
Healthcare
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)- view jobs that merge law and the healthcare field
AmericanCollege of Healthcare Executives- learn more about the role of law in the healthcare field
Health Care Compliance Association- job listings with healthcare field
Medical Group Management Association- jobs in physician practice management
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)- view job listings in the healthcare field
Higher Education
American Association of Law Libraries - roles on law librarianships
Association of American Law Schools- careers in legal academia and lists available faculty and administrative positions, including positions related to legal education outside law schools
The Chronicle of Higher Education - news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators
Higher Education Jobs - faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities
Legal Scholarship Network- Social Science Research Network (SSRN) maintains a legal scholarship network that distributes a weekly email containing legal academic job postings and law conference announcements from all around the world.
Legal Writing Institute- legal writing roles
National Association of College and University Attorneys- holds job registry in which colleges and universities advertise legal-related job vacancies.
NASPA- Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education - interested in careers in academic administration
HR/Legal Recruitment/Professional Development
HR Jobs- search for open positions in Human Resources
Jopwell- diversity hiring startup that helps companies connect with and recruit underrepresented ethnic minority candidates for jobs and internships
National Association for Law Placement Careers- positions in legal career services, legal recruitment, professional development, and related fields
Professional Development Consortium- professionals working at law firms, law schools, government agencies and corporations in the professional development sector for the legal industry
Society for Human Resource Management- career center is exclusively for human resources professionals
Human Rights
Amnesty International- job opportunities with Amnesty International
Business & Human Rights Resource Center- listing of business & human rights job opportunities in the US and abroad
Center for Human Rights & Global Justice- NYU School of Law Human Rights Job Board
Human Rights Jobs– the latest human rights jobs from around the world
Human Rights Watch- nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization
United Nations Human Rights Careers- work & study opportunities with the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights
Intellectual Property/Patent Law
Patently Jobs- patent law jobs
US Patent and Trademark Office – jobs opportunities with the USPTO
Legal Technology
Avvo- jobs for online legal marketplace for consumers and attorneys
Casetext- roles within online legal research company
Integreon-jobs in research, discovery, legal, and business support services
Legal Sifter- roles within AI legal tech software company
Rocket Lawyer- opportunities within online legal services company
Media
Career Page - broadcast, radio and television jobs
Entertainment Careers – job listings across entertainment & media companies
Media Bistro - social media and traditional media professionals covering journalism, social media marketing, social games, web development
Media Law Policy Center– media law and policy jobs
Non-Profit/Public Interest
Council of Foundations- nonprofit leadership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations
Chronicle of Philanthropy - fundraising, executive, programming and administrative positions
Idealist - volunteer, internship and non-profit job positions
Public Service Job Directory- public interest job listings
Policy & Politics
Hill Zoo - lists internships and positions on and off Capitol Hill in Washington, DC
Lobbying Jobs - career opportunities for Local, State and Federal Lobbyists, Advocacy, Public Policy, Public Affairs, and Government Relations professionals.
Opportunities in Public Affairs- job listings in government affairs, public relations, legislation, print and broadcast journalism on the Hill, and in non-profits, corporations, and federal agencies
Policy Jobs- research and policy making jobs in the US and abroad
US Department of State- lists think tanks and other policy research organizations & jobs
Publishing
Bloomberg Law- editorial & publishing positions
Disney Publishing- publishing positions
Harper Collins- editorial & publishing positions
Lexis Nexis Careers- editorial & publishing positions
Thomson Reuters Careers- editorial & publishing positions
Real Estate
Adventures in CRE- jobs in commercial and institutional real estate, including jobs in acquisition, development, management
CBRE- roles in commercial real estate in sales, finance, project management and more
Corcoran Group- roles in residential real estate
Cushman & Wakefield- commercial real estate roles covering facilities, leasing and legal
Keller Williams Realty- roles in residential real estate
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)- roles in commercial real estate & investment management including operations, marketing & sales
Newmark Knight Frank- roles in commercial real estate
National Association of Realtors- careers in residential real estate
Technology/Start-Up
Angel List- venture capital start up jobs
Dice- job search for technology professionals
f6s- listing of all accelerator programs; and a social network for startups and angels
Hire Tech Ladies- job board and community for women in tech
Power to Fly- promotes diversity recruiting and hiring across Fortune 500 companies and fast-growing startups
StartUpers- startup jobs from Startupers. The startup job board for startupers. Startupers are people enthusiastic about startup companies and the startup community.
Triple Byte- roles in engineering, product management and more in start up and tech companies
Underdog- a marketplace that connects job seekers with awesome technology companies and startups.