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Alternative Careers for Lawyers (Princeton Review)

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This book gave the feel of being hastily put together. Of all the career change materials I've read for lawyers, this was the least helpful. The profiles of individual career changers were fun to read, but I wish that the book offered more research and real practical advice.

I found that this book, while interesting, only applies to lawyers who graduated from top tier law schools at the top of their class. There are a lot of lawyers who did not graduate from top tier law schools and were not top of their class. I wished this book addressed attorneys in latter position, or at least considered them. I would love to have read about an average lawyer who is sick of the law, quit and started another career as real estate agent or the like. I would like to have seen more ideas on career choices that law could relate to and more time spent on the process of starting another career, how it was done and steps taken. This book is not much use if your not a top graduate who is practicing at a major New York law firm. And if you are...good luck to you in breaking free.

This book was superficial and in many places, such as the salary review of other professions, completely inaccurate and inapplicable to salaries in the Bay Area, and probrably most metropolitan areas in the US. I was extremely disappointed in the lack of substantive information.

I found the book a bit disappointing ... not many new ideas here, some of the websites are out of date (the copy that I have was published in 1997), and there is, IMHO, an awful lot of filler. There are pages and pages of specific examples and lists of resources. Only some of it is interesting and useful.

I did find the number of typos and misspellings more than a little irritating in a published volume giving advice.

This book gave the feel of being hastily put together. Of all the career change materials I've read for lawyers, this was the least helpful. The profiles of individual career changers were fun to read, but I wish that the book offered more research and real practical advice.

I think this book will prove applicable to lawyers, any lawyer, who is dissatisfied with their job or their profession, which is many of us! By focusing on individuals, as well as the choices and risks they took in leaving the law, I felt it was more possible for me to do the same. The people profiled in the book are regular folks, and hearing from them takes the book out of the realm of most career books which focus on ambiguous strategies and spend too much time with forms and such. The interviews allowed me to see that others had done well in their transitions by doing what they wanted to! I myself have moved into an industry which has interested me for years, and while I've yet to crack the top echelon, I am much happier with my job... and all those daytime hours. This book didn't make those decisions or take those steps for me, but it helped me see how it could be done.

A practical, inspirational manual whether you want to change your practice or ditch it altogether. This book will help you discover what you really want to do with your law degree.

I really liked the book, especially the second half of the book which is filled with profiles of lawyers who have actually successful found new careers. Helps me realize I can do it too, if others have.

Other books on this topic, have been way too difficult to get through - this book was easy to read yet comprehensive and easy to follow