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The New Lawyer Supplement

May 19, 2009

Thinking Outside the Box

Rupa Bhandari, associate director for career development at UC Hastings College of the Law, offers 10 career paths for law students who opt out of a traditional big-firm career.

By Rupa Bhandari

In a strong economy, many law students pursue big bucks at big law firms. With countless big law firms scaling back, law students and recent graduates need to get creative in their job searches and consider law-related fields instead of traditional big and mid-sized firms. The silver lining of today's economy is that by targeting jobs that better match your strengths and interests, even if that means working outside the traditi...

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