- Account Executive
- Administrator
- Agent
- Arbitrator
- Business Affairs
- Business Analyst
- Business Development
- Buyer/Procurement Analyst
- Career Counsellor
- Claims
- Compliance Officer
- Conference Developer
- Consultant
- Consumer Advocate
- Continuing Legal Education
- Contracts Administrator
- Corporate Communications
- Director of Career Services
- Editor
- Ethics Officer
- Employee Benefits Manager
- Employee Relations
- Executive Director – Not for Profit
- Executive Producer
- Fundraiser
- HR Management
- Immigration Consultant
- In-House Counsel
Alternate Law Careers
Lawyers seeking alternative career opportunities both inside and outside the legal profession should visit The Canadian Bar Association website.
Non-traditional careers for lawyers
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- Intellectual Property Manager
- Labour Relations Manager
- Lease Administration
- Lecturer
- Legal Correspondent
- Legal Technology Consultant
- Lobbyist
- Management Consultant
- Marketing/Sales Rep
- Pension Consultant
- Policy Analyst/ Developer
- Production
- Professor/Instructor
- Project Manager
- Promotions/PR
- Property Developer
- Public Affairs
- Recruiter
- Regulatory Affairs
- Reporter
- Research
- Risk Management
- Seminar Leader
- Speaker
- Tax Manager
- Training & Development
- Writer
Transferable legal skills
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- Ability to Work Independently
- Advocacy
- Analytical Thinking
- Attention to Detail
- Awareness of Risk or Liability
- Brainstorming
- Budgeting
- Communications
- Conflict Resolution
- Consensus
- Counseling
- Creativity
- Decision Making
- Discipline
- Dissemination of Information
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- Entrepreneurial
- Fact Analysis Supervisory
- Identification of Issues
- Innovation
- Interpersonal Skills
- Interpretation of Documents
- Learning
- Listening
- Management
- Mediation
- Multi-Tasking Negotiation
- Organizational Skills
- Persuasion
- Presentation Skills
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- Prioritization
- Problem Solving
- Professionalism
- Public Speaking
- Research
- Sales
- Self-Direction
- Strategizing
- Stress Management
- Synthesis of Information
- Teamwork
- Time Management
- Troubleshooting
- Writing