What can I do with a J.D. besides practice law?

Answer 1

You can get a CEO or management position at a company and you won't have to compete with other people with only a bachelor's degree who have to work their way up to get to that managerial position. You have more a chance to work side by side with a CEO of a company and make a difference. Most CEOs or high positions possess a JD. Law provides a lot of opportunities. You can go into entertainment law, business, real estate, etc. People with a JD or a similar degree receive higher salaries and are more respected. In the long run, when people get older, those people risk getting laid off by a company. But with a JD, you can start your own business because you have the knowledge of law and know what kind of risks you can take, and be your own boss whereas the other people that get laid off will have to struggle and look for other meaningless jobs.

Answer 2

Actually, you can do a lot of other stuff. You can be a professor of law. You could work at a company as in house counsel, but have outside counsel do all the trial work. You could work as a clerk for a Federal judge. You could be a research attorney. There's a lot you can do besides being a plain old attorney.

Answer 3

Lots of things like consulting work, work for a non-profit they would love to have someone with a JD background, work for any Fortune 100 company they would love to have someone with a JD background. Any job where you deal with large purchases, business developement, and job that has to negtioate something, the list could go on and one.

The best source is your law professiors or university counselors

Answer 4

Sell Real Estate...in some states.

(The Real Estate test in our state is mostly law!)

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Answer 5

i dont know