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Non-Traditional Resources

Many of the resources listed earlier are excellent for researching non-traditional employment opportunities. Because many "non-traditional" positions are listed with college and university career services offices, these are particularly good resources in this area. Also many specific fields have sites which are of interest to the non-traditional job search.

Consulting Resources

Financial Services Resources

    Banking: Banking and financial services is often a source of non-traditional employment for lawyers. The BAI home page provides links to over 100 banking related sites including a number which list available positions with the banks.
    http://www.bai.org/

    Wall Street Journal Career Center: http://www.careers.wsj.com

    National Business Employment Weekly: News and job postings.
    http://www.nbew.com

Legal Publishers on the Net

Many publishers market law related information to businesses, the legal community and the general public. As such, they are excellent potential employers for lawyers seeking non-traditional positions. Among the publishers listing positions on their sites are the following:

Other Resources

    Non-Legal Careers: http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocoiab.htm

    Non-traditional legal careers:  Link to Current Editions (upper left of screen).  Lists opportunities for lawyers in business, education, government, the judiciary, publishing, policy, libraries, public interest and international positions.  The site is password protected. 
    http://www.nontradlegal.com/

    The Chronicle of Higher Education: A great resource for positions in academia. Access is restricted to positions published the previous week.
    http://www.chronicle.com

    Insurance National Search: Another excellent site for folks interested in the insurance industry, it lists positions from over 30 recruiters in the industry. Many legal and law related positions are listed.
    http://www.insurancerecruiters.com

    Law Librarian Positions: The home page of the American Association of Law Librarians has an excellent placement page listing positions with law school libraries nationwide.
    http://www.aallnet.org/

    EEO-Affirmative Action Register: This page is of interest to anyone looking for EEO compliance type positions. A large number of these positions are located in universities.
    http://www.aar-eeo.com

    Society for Human Resource Management: This site not only lists positions but will notify you by e-mail when a position meeting your needs is entered in their data base.
    http://www.shrm.org

    Inside Counsel:  The pioneering monthly magazine exclusively serving general counsel and other top in-house legal professionals.
    http://www.insidecounsel.com

    Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel:  This site has both good resources and listings of positions.  http://www.thefederation.org

    The Academic Employment Network: While the Chronicle now requires a subscription, this page lists hundreds of positions in the academic community nationwide.
    http://www.academploy.com

    ATLA Online:  This is the home page of the American Association for Justice, formerly the American Trial Lawyers Association which provides a number of member services and useful links.
    http://atlanet.org

    Court Administration: The National Center for State Courts provides extensive links to court sites throughout the nation. Many of the these sites also provide position listings available with the courts.
    http://www.ncsconline.org

    Fairmeasures: While not a jobs site, this site provides an excellent example of what else you can do with a law degree. Two attorneys, both former human resource directors, have founded their own consulting business providing training in legal issues to industry human resources directors.
    http://www.fairmeasures.com

    American Corporate Counsel Association: http://www.acc.com

    Amercian College of Healthcare Executives: The international organization for healthcare executives. Click on the Career Services tab to search the ACHE job bank and to find a list of healthcare career-related resources. Also check out the Publications section to view the books available on career development. This is a great starting place for information on healthcare management. http://www.ache.org/

    Food & Drug Law Institute:  An example of the developing trend of bar/trade associations placing positions in the field of their home page.  A limited number of positions are listed.
    http://www.fdli.org
     
    Insurance Jobs.  The largest insurance-only resume database on the internet.   
    http://www.greatinsurancejobs.com/

    American Association of Law Libraries:   The AALL Career Hotline Listing is updated daily with employment opportunities for legal information professionals.
    http://www.aallnet.org/

    Ifcome.com:   Provides information about business affairs and legal affairs jobs and job changes in the television, entertainment, motion picture, internet, new media and dot-com industries
    www.ifcome.tripod.com



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