tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71619952892339951752011-09-08T11:50:26.700-07:00Welcome to Lawternatives - career consulting for lawyers exploring alternative career directions. While there is no single answer to the question, "What else can I do with my law degree?", Lawternatives provides clients with the tools needed to make smart, relevant proactive career choices that fit their personal and professional profile.lawternatives.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03779995578572954437noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161995289233995175.post-46730750856226620932008-05-09T14:01:00.000-07:002010-11-05T15:33:00.365-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KKxcKWUxLrQ/SCS79qMz82I/AAAAAAAAAAM/6-iTR7PV0fE/s1600-h/Cheryl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198486537866834786" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KKxcKWUxLrQ/SCS79qMz82I/AAAAAAAAAAM/6-iTR7PV0fE/s320/Cheryl.jpg" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Welcome! I'm Cheryl Rich Heisler, the President and Founder of Lawternatives, and thank you for visiting this site. Lawternatives was designed to help attorneys at all stages of their careers rethink and reevaluate their career options. Law can be a wonderful profession, but it is not for everybody. Earning a law degree doesn't confine you to working in traditional legal jobs.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I should know - I took a traditional legal route early on in my career. I went to a good school, had terrific summer internships, received an offer from my firm of choice, passed the bar exam and started working, only to find that something was wrong. I liked the people, just not the practice! The details, the rewrites, the constant deadlines, the pressure of making some unfixable mistake...I wasn't happy. But I also wasn't aware of having any other options. I had a law degree - shouldn't I be practicing law?</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">What I learned - and what I can help you figure out - is that there are unlimited career possibilities out there, many of them just waiting for someone with your innate skills, abilities and interests. The trick lies in first identifying and understanding who you are and the kinds of things you want to do. Armed with that information, we can apply a tested methodology for strategically and systematically hunting down, labeling and researching the realities of those ideas. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Whether you choose to pursue legal, quasi-legal or non-legal opportunities, I would value the opportunity to work with you in exploring career transition. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Please contact me for a confidential discussion of how we might begin, at <strong>(312) 558-1536</strong> or via e-mail at</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">cheisler@lawternatives.com</span></b></span></div></b></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Many thanks, </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">Cheryl</span><span style="font-size:0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7161995289233995175-4673075085622662093?l=lawternatives.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lawternatives.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03779995578572954437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7161995289233995175.post-52608165014001792332008-05-08T14:24:00.000-07:002010-01-06T20:53:22.168-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KKxcKWUxLrQ/SCTCzKMz84I/AAAAAAAAAAc/_4C_MdUTLaM/s1600-h/Light+Bulb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KKxcKWUxLrQ/SCTCzKMz84I/AAAAAAAAAAc/_4C_MdUTLaM/s200/Light+Bulb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198494054059602818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >Have you made a successful career transition that you'd like to talk about? Tell me!</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" ><o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;" >I am always interested in learning (and sharing information) about other lawyers and their career changes. Please send your experiences to me at cheisler@lawternatives.com!<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size:78%;">(Image courtesy of: http://www.waynewhitecoop.com/system/images/Light%20Bulb.jpg)</span><br /><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7161995289233995175-5260816501400179233?l=lawternatives.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>lawternatives.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03779995578572954437noreply@blogger.com