Look out lawyers, firms are offering employment to NONlawyers! Yep, that’s right! No law degree is a prerequisite for teaming up with law firms with public policy and lobbying practices. Anticipating overhauls in how the nation pays for multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects and regulates financial services, firms want anyone with connections.

It’s all about who you know, baby!

“Clients want governmental relations, communications and all forms of public-issues management, all the things you need to do a political campaign on an issue,” said Scott Segal, co-head of Houston-based Bracewell & Giuliani’s federal government relations and advocacy practice from the firm’s Washington office.

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