Pritzker Legal Research Center: Researching Legal Employers: Alternative Careers

Introduction to Alternative Careers

This guide is intended to supplement the resources provided by the Career Strategy Center, including Career Space.

To assist you in your career search, please contact the Career Strategy Center at career-strategy@law.northwestern.edu

Almost every profession employs people with law degrees.

Finding Organization Information

American Arbitration Association
Includes information about careers in alternative dispute resolution, including careers postings.
Idealist
Action Without Borders’ database of jobs and volunteer opportunities, both law-related and other, with more than 20,000 nonprofit organizations in more than 160 countries. It is searchable by subject, country, type of position, and other categories.
Philanthropy News Digest
database of job openings in foundations, corporate grantmakers, grantmaking public charities, educational institutions and other nonprofit organizations
Roll Call Jobs
Listing of jobs in government affairs, lobbying and other positions with organizations that do lobbying and other work with the federal government.

Post JD Programs

The American Bar Association provides an overview of the different programs available to students post-Juris Doctor. However, the ABA does not formally approve any program but the Juris Doctor degree.