Our Newest Books

 
2008

What Can You Do With a Law Degree? – Cheryl Heisler, JD (new 6th edition due January).

 
2007

Solo By Choice: How to Be the Lawyer You Always Wanted to Be – Carolyn Elefant, JD (due November).

Lawyers at Midlife: A Retirement Planner for Boomer Attorneys – Mike Long, JD and John Clyde (due December).

2004

Should You Really Be a Lawyer? The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During & After Law School.– Deborah Schneider, JD and Gary Belsky (DecisionBooks).

Law School Confidential: A Complete Guide to the Law School Experience – Robert Miller.

The Ultimate Guide to Law School Admission – Carol Wright.

Planet Law School: What you Need to Know Before You Go – Atticus Falcon

2003

Ask the Career Counselor: Answers for Lawyers in Their Lives and Life’s Work (ABA). Kathy Morris.

LawyerLife: Finding a Life and a Higher Calling in the Practice of Law – Carl Horn III, US Magistrate Judge (ABA).

Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers – Gary Munneke and William Henslee (4th ed., ABA).

Running From the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession – Deborah Arron (3rd ed., DecisionBooks). The first to break through the code of silence about lawyer dissatisfaction. Uses compelling, first-person case histories to describe what some successful lawyers did to find career satisfaction outside of the profession. Includes new Internet job-finding sites.

Should You Marry a Lawyer? A Couple’s Guide to Balancing Work, Love & Ambition – Dr. Fiona Travis (DecisionBooks). The first to explore the dynamics of lawyer marriages.

The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering: What Every Lawyer & Law Firm Needs to Know About Temporary Legal Services – Arron & Guyol (3rd ed., DecisionBooks). The first comprehensive guide on temporary work for lawyers. Includes rate setting, marketing, ethical, malpractice and insurance considerations, and how to work with agencies.

Vault Guide to the Top 100 Law Firms.

What Can You With a Law Degree? A Lawyer’s Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside & Around the Law – Deborah Arron (5th ed., DecisionBooks).

2002

Career Opportunities in the Law and the Legal Industry – Susan Echaore-McDavid (Checkmark Books).

The Lawyer's Career Change Handbook: More Than 300 Things You Can Do With a Law Degree – Hindi Greenberg (2nd ed., Avon Books).

The Legal Career Guide: From Law Student to Lawyer – Gary Munneke (4th ed., ABA).

2001

Direct Examination: A Workbook for Lawyer Career Satisfaction (ABA) – Kathy Morris, JD, and Jill Eckert, JD.

Full Disclosure: The New Lawyer’s Must-Read Career Guide – Christen Carey, JD.

2000

Hanging Out a Shingle: An Insider’s Guide to Starting Your Own Law Firm – Weyher and Lyon.

Objection Overruled: Overcoming Obstacles in the Lawyer Job Search (ABA) – Kathy Morris.

Teach Me to Solo: The Nuts and Bolts of Law Practice – Hal Davis.

The Official Guide to Legal Specialties: An Insider’s Guide to Every Major Practice Area – Lisa Abrams, JD.

1999 and earlier

Alternative Careers for Lawyers – Hillary Mantis. 1997.

Beyond L.A. Law: Break the Traditional Lawyer Mold – Profiles of 47 law school graduates who developed careers in and outside of the legal profession (1998).

Changing Jobs: A Handbook for Lawyers in the New Millennium (ABA). 1999.

Guerrilla Tactics for Getting the Legal Job of Your Dreams – Kimm Walton. 1997.

Jobs for Lawyers: Effective Techniques for Getting Hired in Today’s Legal Marketplace – Hillary Mantis & Kathleen Brady. 1996.

Judgment Reversed: Alternative Careers for Lawyers – Jeffrey Strausser. Repetitive but solid advice on how to use your legal skills successfully in advertising, marketing, public relations, business management, property management, corporate training, management consulting, educational consulting and publishing. 1997.

Law v. Life: What Lawyers Are Afraid to Say about the Legal Profession – Walt Bachman. A personal commentary on the legal profession written by a 25-year Minneapolis practitioner. 1995.

Majoring in Law: It’s Not Right for Everyone. Is it Right for You? – Stefan Underhill. 1995.

Marketing for Attorneys and Law Firms – William Winston. 1994.

Moral Vision and Professional Decisions: The Changing Values of Women and Men Lawyers – Rand and Dana Crowley Jack. A study of the dilemmas facing attorneys in everyday practice.

Stress Management for Lawyers: How to Increase Personal & Professional Satisfaction in the Law – Amiram Elwork, PhD. How to manage stress within the practice of law. 1997.

The Betrayed Profession: Lawyering at the End of the Twentieth Century – Sol Linowitz. 1989.

The Happy Lawyer: How to Gain More Satisfaction, Suffer Less Stress & Enjoy Higher Earnings in Your Law Practice – Larry Schreiter.

The Lawyer Who Blew Up His Desk & Other Tales of Legal Madness – Joseph Matthews. Witty, dramatic and often absurd stories from the memoir of a former public defender. 1998.

The Legal Job Interview – by Clifford Ennico, JD. What to do before, during and following an interview, primarily for an entry-level position with a large law firm.

The Lost Lawyer: Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession – Anthony T. Kronman. 1994.

The Lure of the Law: Why People Become Lawyers and What the Profession Does to Them – Richard Moll. A law office management consultant interviewed practicing lawyers who see law as a path to money, power, social change and personal fulfillment.

The Soul of the Law: Understanding Lawyers and the Law – Benjamin Sells. A psychotherapist and former practicing lawyer examines attitudes that affect lawyers like workaholism, materialism, stress, fear of failure and ethical dilemmas. 1994.

Women Lawyers: Rewriting the Rules – Mona Harrington. The life of women lawyers in the early 1990’s and how their dilemmas reflected social issues of the time. 1994.

Your Legal Career: Finding Success and Satisfaction in the Legal Profession (audio book) – Clifford Ennico, JD. A four-tape series. (1998).