Luber: Hey everyone – ML here.
Welcome to JD Careers Out There.
I started this site b/c it’s my mission to help lawyers and law students – like
you – find & succeed in fulfilling careers.
I’ve always used my law degree to work in alternative careers – and I’ve enjoyed
my work.
But over this past decade since I first started legal recruiting as a headhunter for lawyers,
I’ve found too many practicing lawyers to be unhappy, feeling like they’re stuck in
paths that don’t fit them.
And I’ve seen too many law students and recent grads that feel totally in the dark
as to the lay of the land for the whole career thing.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
There’s so much mystery surrounding this job stuff!
Maybe you went to law school without a plan, thinking all this career stuff would just
come together, or maybe your plan didn’t turn out as you thought it would.
And law school doesn’t necessarily teach you how to find your career.
How many of your law school classes actually connected the dots from reading case law to
what it’s really like to practice!
And how many of you learned ANYTHING from your school curriculum about the wide variety
of alternative career options out there beyond law – or how to transfer your skills from
law school to those jobs?
This is the stuff we help you with here at JDCOT!
Let me show you how we do that and what you’ll experience here as a member.
Voiceover: The heart of our site is our video library filled with 2 kinds of video content:
Career path exploration videos and Professional Development Videos.
In our career path exploration videos, I pretend I’m a TV talk show host and I interview
a wide variety of accomplished law grads about their jobs.
They describe a day-in-the-life, what type of person is most likely to succeed in each
job, and specifics on what it takes to break in.
With our guests who are practicing lawyers, we explore what it’s really like to work
in different practice areas – and our guests who work in alternative careers explain how
their skills from law school give them an edge for their work.
Let’s check it out:
Luber: So Andy, tell everybody about your practice.
Tell us, what do you do as a lobbyist?
Tell us, what do you do as a personal injury lawyer?
Are you sitting at a desk?
Are you going out to meetings?
Are you flying around traveling?
Are you talking on the phone and typing?
What are you doing with your typical day?
So let's talk about that - we like to tell people what skill sets and then what personality
types would make a good fit for a path like this.
Because it's good for our audience to hear why a law background is helpful, and how it
helps in this world.
So how does having a law degree help you in this space?
Let's talk about how to break in - and let's give everyone some real actionable advice.
Voiceover: Now we know you want real, meaty information and don’t just want us to scratch
the surface.
So we dig DEEP in these videos to cover everything you’d want to know – including how to
get jobs in these fields.
Most of these videos last 30 minutes or more.
In case you’ve got attention deficit issues, you can hover your mouse over these triangles
in the video timeline and click on a topic to jump ahead.
Another perk of being a member is you get access to Transcripts for each video interview.
And below the videos and transcripts, we’ll link you to related careers – so you can
discover new paths!
Now let me tell you about our Professional Development videos.
These videos average just 3 minutes in length and feature our guests sharing bite-size advice
on practical skills and soft skills - stuff you don’t learn in class, but really need
to excel in the day-to-day working world – from how to communicate with other people at work,
achieve a work-life balance and find the right career, to interviewing and
networking tips for whatever path you choose to take with your JD.
Take a look:
Leila: First thing to do is contact him and say, "Can we talk about what you just dropped
off on my desk - I think it would be beneficial to both of us if we spent 5-10 minutes discussing
it.
Kathy: When you're being interviewed, you're also interviewing the potential employer and
trying to make a decision is this a place that you want to work.
So you should be asking as many questions as you're answering.
Heather: Don't try to figure out what they want you to be.
Just go in and be who you are -and that's how you'll end up with a job that's meant
for you.
Greg: It is about staying in touch with people and maintaining communication on an ongoing
basis.
Marc: When I worked for a developer, he talked about when he was starting in the business.
He used to go out to lunch 3 times a day - every day - because he wanted to network with as
many people in the industry as possible.
He said he gained a lot of weight that first couple years, but it was a tremendous benefit.
Voiceover: As a member of JDCOT, you’ll be getting access to new video content each
week – as well as full access to our extensive archives.
Members also get discounts on my virtual office hours for career coaching.
Just like a recruiting candidate, you’ll get my help by phone or Skype with your interviewing,
networking, and finding the right career.
And if you’re interested in career tests, I’m also certified in the Myers Briggs Personality
Type Inventory.
Members can get discounts there too.
So whether you’re a student, an unemployed law grad, or you’re leaving law because
you’re not happy practicing, becoming a member at JDCOT will help you.
Our guests all tell us they wish they had access to this content when they were at their
crossroads.
And they’re not the only ones who believe in it – to kick off 2014, we were named
Best Career Site in the ABA Journal Readers Poll.
And schools such as USC’s Gould School of Law have chosen to provide our content to
their students!
So if you want to avoid spending tons of time searching around for information, wondering
what else is out there, wondering who to meet with, where to get started, and randomly sending
out untargeted resumes that go nowhere, then let us help you.
Our membership will save you time, money and frustration by helping you get on a path to
making money doing what you enjoy.
Think about this - what’s the cost of sitting in a job you’re not happy with?
Life’s too short for that!
Or the cost of being stuck in the dark career-wise after investing so much time, money and effort
into earning your degree?
Your career’s an investment worth making – so to work with your budget, we keep all
of our membership options available for less than $1 a day.
Less than you spend on lattes!
And you’ve got nothing to lose – because we even offer you a 30 day money back guarantee
in case you truly don’t believe you’re getting anything useful out of the site.
Luber: Remember, just having a law degree isn’t enough.
The rest is up to you – and that’s what we’re here to help you with.
So to see specifics on pricing information and your different membership options, click
on the center of this video now.