STRATEGIES

Career Planning Strategies

• Working Flex or Part Time 
• Life/Work Balance 
  • See also the Report of the Special Committee on Balanced Lives and the Law (PDF)
• Opening Your Own Practice 
• The Pro Bono Stepping Stone 

Job Hunting Strategies

• How to Seek Law Firm Jobs 
• How to Seek Government Jobs 
  • Advice on Pursuing State Government Jobs
  • Advice on Pursuing Federal Government Jobs
  • Advice on Seeking Appointment as a Court-appointed Fiduciary
  • Information on Becoming Assigned Counsel  (PDF)
• How to Seek Non-profit or Public Interest Jobs 
• How to Seek Academic Jobs 
• View the Lawyers in Transition Webcast Series for information on:
  • How to Build & Use a Network
  • Social Network Marketing
  • Resumes and Interviewing

Alternatives to Law Practice

• View the Webcast Next Wave: A Panel of Lawyers Who Followed Their Passions to Alternative Careers

PLACES TO SEARCH 

• Law Firm Job Listings 
• Government Job Listings 
  • Advice on Pursuing State Government Jobs
  • Advice on Pursuing Federal Government Jobs
  • Advice on Seeking Appointment as a Court-appointed Fiduciary
  • Information on Becoming Assigned Counsel  (PDF)
• Non-profit and Public Interest Listings 
  • NYSBA Committee on Attorneys in Public Service 
• Academic Job Listings 
• NYSBA Career Center 

SKILLS 

Building Practice Skills

• CLE Programs 
• Publications 
• LIT Ambassadors 
• Law Practice Management
• Resources for Solo and Small Firms 

1. Committee on Lawyers in Transition Blog - the collected writings of committee members on topics of interest to attorneys seeking work, changing careers, pursuing flex time arrangements and more
   
2. Reasonable Doubt - a first-person account of one attorneys path of career change, job search and personal growth
   
3. Smallfirmville - the life and times of a post-transition solo practice attorney in New York City