Has anyone shifted from an attorney position to a contract manager position? I’m looking to get out of law but want my JD to be an advantage. I’m looking for something that pays well even though I realize it won’t be as high as what I’m making now.

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Along the lines of what A2 is saying, I once had an exploratory call with an in-house recruiter for a company that was looking to hire a “commercial counsel.” The bulk of the job was reviewing contracts. The job was 100% on-site with the attorneys regularly working 50-60 hour weeks and weekends. Pay for a 5th/6th year was like $145k… the recruiter was like “but we have an Olympic sized saltwater swimming pool you can use.” Lmao.

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Depending on the institution you may be doing more work for less pay.

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You may want to check NALP for “JD advantage” jobs. Practice managers, recruiting, attorney development options can be in the 200k range depending on location.

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I’ve always wondered this myself. Although these positions always seem to be huuuge pay cuts.

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Hi! I shifted into a senior contract administrator role (probably same as or a notch below contract manager depending on the size of the organization) after 4 years at firms. I’d just had enough and needed a break with reasonable pay. It wasn’t too hard to learn the ropes and it was WAY less stressful. After about a year and a half in that role, there was an opening in the law department so I applied to that and got it, where I’ve been for 3 years now, fully practicing and bumped my salary back up to lawyer levels. Both jobs are almost always 9-5, no weekends. If you’re burned out, these schedules and expectations are so healing.

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This is really helpful! Thank you for sharing!

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