What Can You Do with a Law Degree? A Lawyer's Guide to Career Alternatives Inside, Outside and Around the Law (Niche Press 4th ed. -page paperback; $29.95.
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Arron's bestseller, considered the What-Color-Is-Your-Parachute? for lawyers, walks you through a process designed to identify and secure your ideal job. The extensive appendices list more than 700 job options and over a dozen fields inside, outside and around the law. While the book was written for lawyers, reader feedback suggests that its message and content appeal to high-achievers of all professions. To order by phone, call pm PST) and get free shipping within the U.S.; or click on the above link to Amazon.com.
- "What Can You Do with a Law Degree? is well-written, well-organized, optimistic and completely updated. It's an easy-to-follow travel guide for any attorney questioning his or her career choices." - Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
- "Deborah Arron offers humor, insight, vignettes and career tools to anyone who has considered changing careers but fears the unknown. Whether you want to make small improvements within your current practice, or are ready to ditch it altogether, her book is a 'must read'." - Washington State Trial News
Running from the Law: Why Good Lawyers Are Getting Out of the Legal Profession (Niche Press, 3d ed. -page, downloadable text, $10.
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Fifteen years ago, Deborah Arron--then a young, fast-rising Seattle lawyer--suddenly
closed her law practice, withdrew as a bar association leader, and turned her back on a
prosperous future. Why? To reclaim her life. This exciting, subversive book is the first
in Arron's three-book series examining the legal profession. It uses compelling, first-person
case histories to describe what some of the nation's best and brightest lawyers did to find
professional satisfaction. Out-of-print for the last two years, Running from the Law is
available again in a downloadable version.
- "A well-written examination of dissatisfaction within the profession for those who are in to stay--and those dying to get out." - The Texas Bar Journal
- "Literate and penetrating, at times almost gripping, Running from the Law uses a host of first person narratives to shine a sober light on the realities of legal practice today." - Small Press Magazine
The Complete Guide to Contract Lawyering: What Every Lawyer and Law Firm Needs to Know About Temporary Legal Services (Niche Press 2nd ed. - page paperback; $34.95.
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The first comprehensive guide to help lawyers, recruiting coordinators and law firm administrators benefit from legal freelancing while avoiding its drawbacks. Includes chapters on rate-setting, state and local ethical opinions, malpractice liability and coverage issues, and sample agreements. To order by phone, call pm PST) and get free shipping within the U.S.; or click on the above link to Amazon.com.
- "We know of no other resource which addresses the phenomenon of contract lawyering in this level of detail." - ABA's Law Practice Management
- "This book is an extremely useful, cost-effective, jargon-free tool for developing an awareness of several critical issues in lawyer temping." - Colorado Lawyer Magazine.