There are many careers where legal knowledge is not only helpful but necessary.  These careers do not require a law license or a 3 year traditional law school education or the passing of a state bar exam.  These are traditional careers utilizing legal knowledge. 

• Contract Administration
• Mediator
• Justice of the Peace
• Judgment Recovery Specialist
• Bankruptcy Consultant
• Bank Trust Officer
• Accountant
• CPA
• Chief Financial Officer
• Chief Executive Officer
• Chief Operating Officer
• Banker
• Living Trust Practitioner
• Estate Planner
• Law Enforcement
• Public Administration
• Administrative Law Judge
• Alternative Dispute Resolution:  Mediation, Negotiation, Arbitration
• Asset Protection Consultant
• Incorporation Services
• CPCU
• CLU
• CFP
• ChFC
• Insurance Claims Executive
• Insurance Agent, Broker, and Consultant
• Life and Health Insurance Agent, Broker, Consultant
• Risk Manager
• Financial Services
• Financial Planner
• Employment Law Compliance Specialist
• Contract Administration Specialist
• Paralegal
• Regulatory Compliance Specialist
• Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Agent
• Social Security Disability Consultant
• Unemployment Compensation Mediator
• IRS Tax Consultant
• Legal Cost Control Consultant
• Legal Management Consultant
• Law Firm Administrator
• Court Administrator
• Legal Forms Consultant (See LegalZoom.com)
• Nontraditional practice before federal administrative agencies, courts, commissions, and associations.  American Arbitration Association, US Tax Court, US Court of Federal Claims, US Court of Veterans Appeals, ICC, Worker’s Compensation Boards, Labor Meditation, Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, FAA, Federal Maritime Commission, NLRB, INA, OSHA, Social Security Administration.

* In 25 states, a person may serve as a JUDGE without a traditional law degree.  For example, in the State of Texas, there are more than 800 popularly-elected JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.  These judges preside over small claims courts.  24 other states have similar arrangements.

For further research, see How Courts & Judges Work, a publication available from HALT.ORG.

Completion of the law program does not qualify graduates to sit for a bar exam.