Tricks of the Trade (And Professional) Associations : H Watson LLC : 9781946228253 : 1946228257 : 12 Jul 2017 : Build a legal career in one of the hottest 21st century employment areas! In his 21st Century Legal Career Series, Richard L. Hermann researches, evaluates, and predicts where the employment opportunities are and will be for law graduates. Volume 13, Tricks of the Trade (and Professional) Associations: A Huge "Hidden" Legal Job Market, examines the largely under the radar legal career opportunities in the 95,000 U.S. trade and professional associations. Formed as non-profits, they defy the typical image of what comes to mind when legal job-seekers hear that term. Rather than a struggling advocacy or public interest organization with its hand out, begging for donations and paying its staff peanuts, Hermann counters these associations share four features that should be of interest to every attorney: 1.They have substantial assets (more than $2 trillion in the aggregate); 2.They