JD Job Board
Browse a dedicated employment platform where listed roles are built for JDs seeking opportunities outside traditional legal practice, including business, nonprofit, government, academia, compliance, risk, and strategy positions.
Explore remote legal jobs and JD-friendly roles outside traditional firms with ex judicata, the platform built specifically for lawyers ready to move into business, nonprofit, government, academia, compliance, risk, strategy, and advisory work. Find curated opportunities, transition resources, coaching, courses, and a peer network designed around the realities of leaving legal practice.
Purpose-built tools and expert support for lawyers seeking remote, nonfirm, and nonlegal career paths.
Browse a dedicated employment platform where listed roles are built for JDs seeking opportunities outside traditional legal practice, including business, nonprofit, government, academia, compliance, risk, and strategy positions.
Use the Ex Judicata Job Board and reverse-recruiting support to identify better-fit roles, reduce application noise, and pursue positions where legal training translates into business value.
Connect with vetted Career Corner specialists for confidential guidance on leaving law, clarifying direction, repositioning your background, and preparing for nonfirm career opportunities.
Work with specialists who translate lawyer CVs and LinkedIn profiles into business-facing materials that speak to hiring managers, recruiters, ATS systems, and nonlegal decision-makers.
Prepare for behavioral, competency, case-style, executive-search, and panel interviews with coaching tailored to lawyers moving from legal reasoning into business-impact communication.
Join a peer-to-peer network of non-practicing lawyers and JDs, with member directory access, mentorship, courses, exclusive content, and connections by industry, company, and career path.
Start with structured self-assessment, editorial guidance, interviews, and the EXJ Career Diagnostic to identify which business, nonprofit, government, academic, compliance, risk, or advisory paths match your strengths and goals.
See how lawyers have moved into senior business, compliance, advisory, and executive roles.
A platform built around the specific challenges lawyers face when pursuing careers beyond practice.
Every resource is designed for lawyers seeking roles outside traditional legal practice.
The platform crossed 500,000 unique users and continues serving a growing JD audience.
Neil Handwerker and Kimberly Fine bring 75+ years of legal-industry and recruiting experience.
Job board, community, courses, coaching, diagnostics, and search support work together.
Built by leaders who understand JD transitions.
Co-Founder
Neil Handwerker is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata, the world's only comprehensive employment platform dedicated to helping lawyers transition from legal practice to fulfilling nonlegal careers. After earning his JD, Neil briefly practiced law before recognizing it wasn't the right fit and pivoting to a career in business. That firsthand experience became the foundation of his mission. He co-founded Fulcrum Information Services, which grew into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. Neil later became a seasoned legal recruiter before launching Ex Judicata in 2022 alongside his long-time business partner Kimberly Fine. With over 75 years of combined industry experience between the two founders, Neil brings deep expertise in legal recruiting, career transitions, and platform building to every aspect of the company.
Co-Founder
Kimberly Fine is the Co-Founder of Ex Judicata and a seasoned business leader with an MBA and decades of experience at the intersection of legal services and publishing. As the long-time business partner of Neil Handwerker, Kim helped build Fulcrum Information Services into a market leader in management education for outside counsel, in-house lawyers, and C-suite executives. She subsequently held prominent roles at several leading legal publications, deepening her expertise in the legal industry and the career challenges facing JDs. In 2022, Kim co-founded Ex Judicata to create a first-of-its-kind platform connecting lawyers seeking nonlegal career paths with organizations eager to hire JD talent. Her business acumen and media savvy have been instrumental in growing the platform to over 500,000 unique users and launching the groundbreaking EXJ Community.
A law degree can translate into many remote or hybrid roles outside firms, including compliance analyst, risk manager, policy advisor, contracts operations, legal tech, corporate strategy, government affairs, ESG, investigations, claims advisory, wealth management, communications, and chief-of-staff roles. ex judicata focuses on helping JDs identify these paths, translate their experience, and pursue roles where legal training is valued but bar practice is not required.
Connect with ex judicata and explore the right next step.
Major platform milestone reached in January 2026.
Combined founder expertise in legal careers.
Dedicated exclusively to careers beyond law practice.
Tell ex judicata what kind of role, support, or hiring solution you need, and the right next step can be directed to the appropriate platform resource, coach, community, or search contact.
You can also send us a quick email at kfine@exjudicata.com.
You can also send us a quick email at kfine@exjudicata.com.