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 12: Legislative Careers On Capitol Hill
What jobs for lawyers can you find working on the Hill? A former Congressional staffer describes what to do with a law degree on Capitol Hill in this JDCOT interview.
JDCOT 11: Law Degree Jobs - Commercial Insurance Careers
Being an insurance broker is one of the good alternative jobs for lawyers, a commercial insurance broker with a law degree explains in this JDCOT career interview.
JDCOT 10: Law Careers - Become an IP Lawyer
Is an intellectual property law career right for you? A law firm partner talks about being an IP lawyer and the variety of careers for lawyers in IP law in this JDCOT interview.
JDCOT 09: Law Degree Jobs - Careers in Business Development
This JDCOT episode explores business development jobs. I interview a business development executive who explains what legal skills make biz dev one of the good alternative careers for lawyers. She al…
JDCOT 08: Law Careers - Business Litigation
This episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT) explores litigation careers in my interview with a business litigation lawyer based in Los Angeles. He tells us all about these types of lawyers.
JDCOT 07: Law Degree Jobs - Careers In Wireless
Wireless site acquisition careers make good alternative jobs for lawyers due to the legal skills used. In this JDCOT episode, I interview a wireless expert to learn more about this career path.
JDCOT 06: Law Degree Jobs - Sports Agent Careers
Wondering what sports agents do? Check out this JDCOT interview with a sports agent who became an agent after leaving law. This is one of the exciting alternative careers for lawyers.
JDCOT 05: Law Degree Jobs - Human Resources Careers
Explore human resources jobs as alternative careers for lawyers in my JDCOT interview with an HR executive and EEO officer. If leaving law or employment law interests you, you?ll want to check this o…
JDCOT 04: Law Careers - Medical Malpractice Defense
This episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT) looks at insurance defense law jobs. We explore these litigation careers in my interview with a medical malpractice attorney from New York.
JDCOT 03: Law Careers - Assistant Attorney General
In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), we explore government law jobs as I interview an assistant attorney general from the state of Oregon.
JDCOT 02: Law Careers - Personal Injury Lawyers
In this episode of JD Careers Out There (JDCOT), I interview a personal injury attorney about what it's like being a PI lawyer. We explore these litigation careers as one of the jobs to do with a law…
JDCOT 01: Who Should Go To Law School
The question of who should go to law school is explored with Dean Hal Krent of the IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.