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Lawyer Career Alternatives: Law Librarian, Accountant, Recruiter
Posted Jun 20, 2008, 10:00 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Fed up with law practice? You may want to consider becoming a law librarian, an accountant or a law firm recruiting coordinator.
The blog Above the Law is running a series of posts about career alternatives for lawyers and has featured all three careers.
The latest post focuses on legal recruiting professionals who work for law firms. The blog says these employees work with law schools to coordinate the interviewing process, run summer associate programs and oversee lawyer recruitment.
The post on law librarians quotes from a person in the field who says the job has "great hours, low stress, academic lifestyle and the chance to abuse law students at will."
Accounting jobs are a popular alternative for tax specialists, the blog notes in a post on that field.
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Posted by msg - 5 months, 2 days, 23 hours, 34 minutes ago
For those lawyers who are thinking about being a legal recruiter for a legal recruiting firm that recruits lawyers for a fee paid by the firm - think twice. It is a cut-throat industry. The turnover is over 50%, you often do not get paid your commiission if you leave, you are promissed pie in the sky pay and never realize it, you are expected to work unbelievable hours and not paid overtime illegally against the labor laws (their have been lawsuits about this), and there are a lot of bad recruiting firms out there that can ruin you financially and ruin your reputation.
Posted by Abbey =) - 5 months, 42 minutes ago
I wouldn’t want to do that type of recruiting, but I do know that insurance is getting pretty popular. I’m the 3rd attorney in our insurance agency. The two professions really complement each other for those so inclined.