JD Careers Out There
JD Careers Out There (JDCOT.com) explores what to do with a law degree by featuring day-in-the-life interviews with accomplished law grads working in different law practice areas as well as alternative careers for lawyers. Our mission is to help lawyers, law students and those considering law school to find fulfilling careers. Host Marc Luber, a law grad with years of legal recruiting experience, brings you career advice from many types of lawyers (like a criminal defense lawyer, real estate lawyer, etc.) as well as those working in other jobs for law grads (like a sports agent, a non-profit president, etc.) by asking what each path is really like and how to break in. Whether you want to practice law or you're leaving law and wondering what to do with your life, subscribe to this podcast and visit JDCOT for access to full-length video interviews plus more. Enjoy!
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 52
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2015
JDCOT 32: Law Degree Jobs - Refugee Status Determination As A UN Volunteer
Interested in immigration law? A UN Volunteer talks about doing refugee status determination work in South Africa for the UNHCR.
JDCOT 31: Law Careers - Public Defenders
Don't overlook public defender jobs. In this interview, the star of HBO documentary Gideon's Army shares his passion for his public defender career and tells us all about these types of lawyers.
JDCOT 30: Law Degree Jobs - Legal Knowledge Management
Leaving law doesn't mean leaving a law firm. Find out about new alternative careers for lawyers in this JDCOT interview on legal knowledge management.
JDCOT 29: Jobs For Lawyers on Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill veteran Ken Ballen shares career advice for lawyers in this JDCOT interview on some of the different jobs for lawyers working on the Hill.
JDCOT 28: Law Careers - Real Estate Lawyers
Being a real estate lawyer is rewarding work, and demand is rising for these types of lawyers. Find out if real estate law careers make a good fit for you in this JDCOT interview with a law firm part…
JDCOT 27: Law Degree Jobs - Community Development Careers
Community development work makes for great jobs to do with a law degree, as these jobs use legal skills to the point where banking execs like to hire JDs.
JDCOT 26: Law Careers - Criminal Defense Attorney
Criminal Defense Attorney Joey Jackson is a regular on CNN, but he says that what a defense attorney does rarely matches TV. Find out if it's the law career for you.
JDCOT 25: Law Degree Jobs - Political Campaign Careers
Political campaign management jobs are good alternative careers for lawyers, a political campaign manager and lawyer explains in this career interview.
JDCOT 24: Law Degree Jobs - Community Organizing Careers
What is a community organizer? This interview with a lawyer who became a community organizer explains the path and tells us that community organizer jobs make good alternative legal careers.
JDCOT 23: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Banking Careers
Learn what investment bankers do in this interview with a lawyer-turned-investment banker-turned-lawyer. Anyone interested in leaving law for investment banking should listen to this one.
JDCOT 22: Law Careers - Consumer Rights Lawyers
A consumer rights attorney explores consumer rights law jobs in this JDCOT interview, describing the career path and what these types of lawyers do.
JDCOT 21: Law Degree Jobs - Advocacy Careers
Social justice advocate Abby Leibman explains advocacy careers and shares advice for lawyers and law students considering these alternative careers for lawyers.
JDCOT 20: Law Career Advice from Doug Kmiec
Doug Kmiec shares advice on law degree careers that you can pursue beyond law firm life in this interview on his journey to the USDOJ Office of Legal Counsel and beyond.
JDCOT 19: Law Careers - Tax Lawyers
Tax lawyers are one of the types of lawyers that get to take an active role in a wide variety of transactions ? especially those who are focused on tax planning. Today we learn about tax law careers …
JDCOT 18: Law Degree Jobs - Investment Advisor
Being an investment advisor is a popular path to take when leaving law. In this JDCOT interview, a high net-worth advisor tells us what investment advisors do and explains why investment advisors mak…
JDCOT 17: Law Degree Jobs - Real Estate Redevelopment
Commercial real estate jobs doing shopping center redevelopment are explored in this JDCOT interview with a redevelopment director who says this is great work to do with a law degree if you don't wan…
JDCOT 16: Law Careers - Land Use Attorneys
In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), I interview one of the top land use attorneys in Los Angeles to learn about these law careers. These types of lawyers blend real estate and environmen…
JDCOT 15: Law Degree Jobs - Nonprofit Management Careers
Careers in nonprofits are good alternative legal careers, Tiger Woods Foundation's CEO, a non-practicing lawyer, explains in this interview on running a non-profit organization.
JDCOT 14: Law Degree Jobs - Planned Giving Careers
Planned giving jobs make great alternative careers for lawyers interested in nonprofit careers, fundraising, estate planning and tax law, a lawyer explains in this JDCOT interview.
JDCOT 13: Law Degree Jobs - Lobbyist Careers
Government relations jobs are explored in this JDCOT interview with a public sector lobbyist who calls lobbying careers one of the good alternative careers for lawyers.