Practice Areas

Alternative Careers for Lawyers
Animal Rights Legal Advocacy
Aviation Law
Banking & Finance
Careers within Colleges & Universities
Careers as a Law Librarian
Computer & Technology Law
Criminal Justice
Elder Law
Employment & Labor Law
Entertainment Law
Environmental Law
Family Law
Health Law
Immigration Law
Intellectual Property
International Law
Medical Malpractice
Public Interest Law
Sports Law
Trial Advocacy 

Alternative Careers for Lawyers

A legal education is very broad and allows for employment in not only a traditional career, such as private practice, but also in a variety of “non-traditional” careers. The following web sites list organizations and relevant information about such careers, and some also include current job postings.

• Advertising & Public Relations
  http://www.careers-in-marketing.com/ad.htm
• Advocacy & Lobbying
  www.lobbyists.info
  www.lobbysearch.com
  http://cal-access.ss.ca.gov/
• American Management Association
  http://www.amanet.org/index.htm
• HR Next
  http://www.hr.blr.com/
• International Personnel Management Association
  http://www.ipma-hr.org
• Legal Marketing Association, New York Chapter
  http://www.nylma.org/
• National Association of Bar Executives
  http://www.abanet.org/nabe/home.html
• Public Relations
  http://www.wetfeet.com/asp/careerprofiles_overview.asp?careerpk=31
• Riley Guide
  http://www.rileyguide.com
• Risk and Insurance Management Society
  http://www.rims.org
• Society of Human Resources Management
  http://www.shrm.org
• Society of Risk Analysis
  http://www.sra.org/

Animal Rights Advocacy

• American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  http://www.aspca.org
  The ASPCA has a law department, which deals with a variety of issues including estate matters (Many animal lovers name the aspca in their wills.)
• Animal Legal Defense Fund
  http://www.aldf.org
• Animal Rights Issues & Links
  http://www.envirolink.org
• Animal Rights Law @ Rutgers
  http://www.animal-law.org

Aviation Law

• Aviation Law Attorneys Online
  http://www.aviation-law-lawyers.com/
• Legal Information Institute
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/aviation.html
• Space, Aviation and Admiralty Law
  http://www.hg.org/transp.html

Banking & Finance

• ABA Section on Business Law
  http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/home.html
• Banking Institutions
  http://www.banking.state.ny.us/
• Corporate Counsel
  http://www.corpcounsel.com
• Department of the Treasury
  http://www.ustreas.gov
• Division of Taxation & Finance
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us
• Federal Reserve System
  http://www.federalreserve.gov/
• Federal Trade Commission
  http://www.ftc.gov
• Federation of Tax Administrators
  http://www.taxadmin.org
• Internal Revenue Service
  http://www.irs.gov
• NYS Department of Banking
  http://www.banking.state.ny.us
• New York State Bar Association, Business Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=49
• Office of the NYS Comptroller
  http://www.osc.state.ny.us
• Security & Exchange Commission
  http://www.sec.gov
• Small Business Administration
  http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov 
• State of NY Mortgage Agency
  http://www.nyhomes.org
• World Bank
  http://www.worldbank.org

Careers within Colleges & Universities

• American Association of Community Colleges
  http://www.aacc.nche.edu/
• Association of American Colleges & Universities
  http://www.aacu-edu.org/
• Chronicle of Higher Education
  http://chronicle.com
• Community, Technical & Junior Colleges
  http://www.ccweek.com
• Jurist – The Law Professor’s Network
  http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
• National Association of College and University Attorneys
  http://www.nacua.org

Careers as a Law Librarian

•  American Association of Law Libraries
  http://www.aallnet.org/services/hotline.asp
• International Association of Law Librarians
  http://www.iall.org/

Computer & Technology Law

• ABA Section on Science & Technology Law
  http://www.abanet.org/scitech/home.html
• Clicking Through (Moving your Business Online)
  http://www.clickingthrough.com
• Cyberspace Law Center
  http://cyber.findlaw.com
• Internet Law and Policy Forum 
  http://www.ilpf.org/
• Journal of Online Law
  http://www.wm.edu/law/publications/jol/
• The Computer Law Association
  http://www.itech.org
• The Internet Law Journal
  http://www.tilj.com/
• The Richmond Journal of Law & Technology
  http://law.richmond.edu/jolt

Criminal Justice

• ABA Section on Criminal Justice
  http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/home.html
• Academy of Criminal Justice
  http://www.acjs.org
• American Civil Liberties Union
  http://www.aclu.org
• Association of Federal Defense Attorneys
  http://www.afda.org
• District Attorneys and Prosecutors
  http://www.prosecutor.info
  This site will link to the official web site of every Prosecuting Attorney, District Attorney, and Attorney General's Office across the country.
• Federal Bureau of Investigation
  http://www.fbi.gov
• The Law and Society Association 
  http://www.lawandsociety.org
• National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys
  http://www.nacdl.org
• National Legal Aid & Public Defenders Assoc.
  http://www.nlada.org/
• National District Attorneys Association
  http://www.ndaa-apri.org
• National Institute of Justice
  http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/
• New York State Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=51
• New York State Defenders Association
  http://www.nysda.org
• Northeastern Association of Criminal Justice Sciences
  http://www.neacjs.org
• Southern Poverty Law Center
  http://www.splcenter.org
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  http://www.tlpj.org
• United States Department of Justice
  http://www.usdoj.gov

Elder Law

• American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
  http://www.actec.org
• Association of Healthcare Medical Lawyers
  http://www.healthcare-medlawyers.org
• Medicare Rights Center
  http://www.medicarerights.org
• National Association of Elder Law Attorneys
  http://www.naela.com
• National Senior Citizens Law Center
  http://www.nsclc.org/
• New York State Bar Association, Elder Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=53

Employment & Labor Law

• ABA Section on Labor & Employment Law
  http://www.abanet.org/labor/home.html
• ABA Section of Labor & Employment Law
  www.laboremploymentlawjobs.com
• National Employment Lawyers Association
  http://www.nela.org
• National Labor Relations Board
  http://www.nlrb.gov
• New York State Bar Association, Labor & Employment Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=63

Entertainment Law

• ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industry
  http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html
• Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
  http://www.oscars.org/
• American Society of Composers, Actors and Publishers
  http://www.ascap.com
• Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Assn.
  http://www.besla.org
• Copyright, Trademark and Entertainment Law
  http://www.supnik.com
• Directors Guild of America
  http://www.dga.org
• New York State Bar Association, Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=52
• Screen Actors Guild
  http://www.sag.org
• Variety 
  http://www.variety.com
  This site contains invaluable information about the entertainment industry and should be read regularly by anyone who is seriously interested in entering this field. 
• Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
  http://www.vlany.org

Environmental Law

• ABA Section on the Environment, Energy & Resources
  http://www.abanet.org/environ/
• Environmental Protection Agency
  http://www.epa.gov
• Environmental Defense Fund
  http://www.edf.org
• Envirolink
  http://www.envirolink.org
• Food & Agricultural Organization/legal office
  http://www.fao.org/legal/default.htm
• Internships in Environmental Law
  http://cei-internship.squarespace.com/law-students/ 
  Go to the section called "internships for law students" and enter the following access codes at the password prompt [user name: widget password: contract]   Then click on the section called "internships" and you will find a section devoted to environmental law internships.
• Pace University Environmental Law Library
  http://joshua.law.pace.edu/
• New York State Bar Association, Environmental Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=54
• The Environmental Careers Org.
  http://www.eco.org 
• The Nature Conservancy
  http://nature.org
• US Dept. of Justice, Environmental & Natural Resources Division
  http://www.usdoj.gov/enrd/

Family Law

• ABA Section on Family Law
  http://www.abanet.org/family/home.html
• Children's Rights
  http://www.childrensrights.org
  Internship opportunities
• Family Center
  http://www.thefamilycenter.org
  Job Postings
• Family Law Information
  http://adams.patriot.net/~crouch/fln/
• Lectric Law Library of Family Law
  http://www.lectlaw.com/tfam.html
• Matrimonial Caselaw
  http://www.matrimonialcaselaw.com/
• New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=55
• Uniform Matrimonial, Family and Health Laws Locator
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol9.html

Health Law

• ABA Section on Health Law
  http://www.abanet.org/health/home.html
• American Health Lawyers Association
  http://www.healthlawyers.org
• American Association of Nurse Attorneys
  http://www.taana.org
• College of Legal Medicine
  http://www.aclm.org
• National Health Law Program
  http://www.healthlaw.org
• New York State Bar Association, Health Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=59
• Uniform Matrimonial, Family and Health Laws Locator
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/uniform/vol9.html

Immigration Law

• American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA)
  http://www.aila.org
• American Immigration Law Foundation
  http://www.ailf.org/
• Immigration Portal
  http://www.ilw.com
• National Immigration Law Center
  http://www.nilc.org
• U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Center
  http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm

Intellectual Property

• ABA Section on Intellectual Property Law
  http://www.abanet.org/intelprop/home.html
• American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association (AIPLA)
  http://www.aipla.org
• Licensing Executive Society
  http://www.lesi.org
• National Association of Patent Practitioners
  http://www.napp.org
• New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=61
• Patent Bar Review
  http://www.pli.edu/barreview/patent
• Piper's Virtual Intellectual Property Library
  http://www.piperpat.co.nz/resource/organs.html - Excellent resources.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  http://www.uspto.gov
• U.S. Copyright Office
  www.copyright.gov
• World Intellectual Property Organization
  http://www.wipo.int

International Law

• ABA Section on International Law
  http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/home.html
• American Society of International Law
  http://www.asil.org
• Association for Women's Rights in Development
  http://www.awid.org/jobs
• Care USA
  http://www.care.org
• Derechos - http://www.derechos.net/links/law
  Good source for resources on human rights law.
• Food & Agricultural Organization/legal office
  http://www.fao.org/legal/default.htm
• For Careers in International Law
  http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/~llou/careers.html
• Human Rights Internet
  http://www.hri.ca/welcome.asp
• Human Rights USA Resource Center
  http://www.hrusa.org
• Idealist
  http://www.idealist.org
• Institute for Global Communication
  http://www.igc.org
• International Affairs Network
  http://www.etown.edu/vl
• International Law Students Bar Association
  http://www.ilsa.org
• Internships in International Affairs
  http://www.internships-usa.com
  Go to the section called "internships for law students" and enter the following access codes at the password prompt [user name: widget   password:  contract]   Then click on the section called "internships" and you will find a section devoted to internships in international affairs.
• Law Society of England and Wales
  http://www.lawsociety.co.uk/
  Job opportunities in England and Wales.
• Lawyers without Borders
  http://www.lawyerswithoutborders.org
• New York State Bar Association, International Law Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=60
• One World
  http://www.oneworld.net
• PSLawNet
  http://www.pslawnet.org
• Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Business
  http://www.thunderbird.edu
• United Nations
  http://www.un.org
• U.S. State Department
  http://www.state.gov/www/careers/index.html

Medical Malpractice

• Law & Medicine
  http://www.lectlaw.com/tmed.html
• Medical Litigation
  http://www.medlit.info
• Summary of Medical Malpractice Law by State
  http://www.mcandl.com/states.html

Public Interest Law

• Children's Rights
  http://www.childrensrights.org
  Internship opportunities
• Essential Home Page
  http://www.essential.org
• Equal Justice Works
  http://www.equaljusticeworks.org
• Idealist
  http://www.idealist.org - Lists job opportunities.
• Jobs in Public Housing
  http://www.phada.org/house/jobops.html
  This site contains current job postings.
• Just Advocates
  http://www.just-advocates.com
• Lambda Legal Defense Fund
  http://lambdalegal.org
• Legal Service Corporation
  http://www.lsc.gov/
• National Center on Poverty Law
  http://www.povertylaw.org
  Contains excellent resources on public interest law, including a "Poverty Law Manual for the New Lawyer."
• NYU Public Interest/ Services Legal Career Symposium
  http://www.law.nyu.edu/depts/publicinterest/pilcfair/index.html
• Partnership for Public Service
  www.ourpublicservice.org
• Public Interest Clearinghouse
  www.pic.org
• Public Service Law Network Worldwide, PSlawnet
  http://www.pslawnet.org
  outlines numerous fellowship and internship opportunities for law students, as well as ways to access funding for unpaid positions.  The Yale Law School Fellowship Guide can also be accessed within this site.
• Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
  http://www.saltlaw.org/jobs.htm
  Posts public interest job opportunities.
• State PIRG
  http://www.pirg.org
  Offers summer and permanent job opportunities in various public interest issues.
• Urban Justice Center
  http://www.urbanjustice.org
• Western New York Law Center
  http://www.wnylc.net/web/news/XcNewsPlus.asp
  This site posts current summer and permanent job openings throughout New York State.
• Women's Rights Internships
  http://www.internships-usa.com
  Go to the section called "internships for law students" and enter the following access codes at the password prompt [user name: widget  password: contract]  

Sports Law

• ABA Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industry
  http://www.abanet.org/forums/entsports/home.html
• Internships in Sports Law
  http://www.internships-usa.com
  Go to the section called "internships for law students" and enter the following access codes at the password prompt [user name: widget  password: contract]   Then click on the section called "internships" and you will find a section devoted to sports law related internships.
• Mark’s Sportslaw News
  http://www.sportslawnews.com
• Sports Agents
  http://sports.findlaw.com/sports_guide/agents/index.html    
• Sports Lawyers Assn.
  http://www.sportslaw.org
• Sports Lawyers Journal
  http://www.law.tulane.edu/journals/slj/frame.htm
• Sports Management.Com
  http://www.sports-management.com      

Trial Advocacy

• Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  http://www.atlanet.org
• Legal Information Institute
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/trial_practice.html
• Litigators Internet Resource Guide
  http://www.llrx.com
• National Institute for Trial Advocacy
  http://www.nita.org/
• New York State Bar Association, Trial Lawyers Section
  http://www.nysba.org/MSTemplate.cfm?MicrositeID=68
• Practicing Law Institute
  http://www.pli.edu