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Career Resources Guide

This is a guide to career resources available from the Charleston School of Law library, the Department of Career Services, and online. The Department of Career Services provides resources such as the job listings available through Symplicity

This Guide Covers the Following Career Resource Material

Job Satisfaction


  • The Creative Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Authentic Professional Satisfaction
    by Michael Melcher
    KF300.Z9 M45 2007
  •  Directory of State and Local Lawyer Assistance Programs 
    KF298 .D57
     

  • Double Billing: A Young Lawyer's Tale of Greed, Sex, lies, and the Pursuit of a Swivel Chair by Cameron Stracher
    Car. Serv. KF299.I5 S77 1998
     

  • The Happy Lawyer: How to  Gain More Satisfaction,
    Suffer Less Stress, and Enjoy Higher Earnings in Your Law Practice by Larry Schreiter
    Car. Serv. KF300.Z9 S34 1999
     

  • The Happy Lawyer: Making a Good Life in the Law by Nancy Levit
    KF300 .L48 2010

     

  • Keeping Good Lawyers: Best Practices to Create Career Satisfaction by Diane Vogt

    KF315 .V64 2000
  • The Mid-Career Success Guide [electronic resource]: Planning for the Second Half of Your Working Life by Sally Power
    Greenwood HF5384 .P69 2006eb

     
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    Law v. Life: What Lawyers Are Afraid to Say About the Legal Profession by Walt Bachman​
    KF300 .Z9 B32 1995
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  •   The Lawyer Bubble: A Profession in Crisis by Steven J. Harper
    KF300 .H368 2013

     
  • The Lawyer's Career Management: Your Bridge to a Satisfying Career Ed. Marcia Pennington Shannon
    KF297 .L39 2010

     

  • The Lawyer's Guide to Balancing Life & Work: Taking the Stress Out of Success by George Kaufman
    Car. Serv. RA785 .K38 2006

     

  • The Lawyer's Guide to Finding Success in Any Job Market by Richard Hermann
    KF297 .H47 2009

     

  • The Reflective Counselor: Daily Meditations for Lawyers by F. Gregory Coffey
    KF298 .C63 2008

  • A Short and Happy Guide to Being a Lawyer by Kenney F. Hegland
    KF300 .H44 2012

  • Stress Management for Lawyers: How to Increase Personal and Professional Satisfaction in the Law by Amiram Elwork
    Car. Serv. RA785 .E46 1997

Alternative Careers

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    America's Greatest Places to Work with a Law Degree: And How to Make the Most of Any Job, No Matter Where It Is!
    by Kimm Alayne Walton
    Car. Serv. KF297 .W35 1999
     
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    Becoming a Law Professor: A Candidate's Guide by Brannon Denning 
    KF272 .D46 2010

     
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    Beyond the Big Firm: Profiles of Lawyers Who Want Something More
    by Alan Morrison
    Car. Serv. KF299.P8 M67 2007

 

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    Careers for Legal Eagles and Other Law-and-Order Types by Blythe Camenson

    Car. Serv. KF297.Z9 C36 2005
     
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    Fifty Unique Legal Paths: How to Find the Right Job by Ursula Furi-Perry  
    KF297 .F87 2008

     
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    How to Be a Law Professor Guide: From Getting that First Job to Retirement by Ronald Eades
    KF297 .E33 2008

     
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    The New What Can You Do with a Law Degree: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Satisfaction Inside, Outside and Around the Law by Larry Richard and Tanya Hanson
    KF297 .A875 2012

     
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    Nonlegal Careers for Lawyers
     
    KF297 .M86 2006
     
  • Non-Traditional Legal Careers Report by Career Education Institutes
    KF297.A1 N66

     
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    Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession
    by Deborah Arron
    Car. Serv. KF297 .A87 2004

     
  • Searching for an Alternative: A Law Student's Guide to Finding Non-Legal Jobs by NALP
    Car. Serv.

  • Should You Really Be a Lawyer?: The Guide to Smart Career Choices Before, During, and After Law School by Deborah Schneider

    Car. Serv. KF297 .S36 2005
     
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    Staying at Home, Staying in the Law: A Guide to Remaining Active in the Legal Profession While Pursuing Your Dream
    by Julie Tower-Pierce
    Car. Serv. KF299.W6 T68 2008

     
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    What Can You Do with a Law Degree: A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside, and Around the Law
    by Deborah Arron
    Car. Serv. KF297 .A875 2004

Changing Jobs

 


  • The Career Change Resume by Kim Isaacs

    Car. Serv. HF5383 .I78 2003
     

  • Changing Jobs: A Handbook for Lawyers in the New Millennium by Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier ed.

    Car. Serv. KF297 .C46 1999
     

  • The Lawyer's Career Change Handbook: More Than 300 Things You Can Do With a Law Degree by Hindi Greenberg
    Car. Serv. KF297.Z9 G74 2002

     
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    Lessons from a Headhunter - With Heart: Spiritual and Practical Keys to Navigating (and Surviving!) Job Change by Patricia Comeford

    Car. Serv. HF5384 .C66 2006

     
  • Preparing for a Job Search and Career Transition [sound recording] by Richard Hermann
    AV KF297 .H4 2008

     
  • Turning Points: New Paths and Second Careers for Lawyers by George H. Cain
    KF298 .C35 1994

Non-Lawyers in Legal Jobs

Fifty Legal Careers for Non-Lawyers by Ursula Furi-Perry
KF320.L4 F87 2008