Any lawyers working from home?

[Anonymous]

"you'll have to pay your dues"

What a lost concept here.

Maybe daddy can find you a job?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally disagree. I want my daughter to be able to find work that it is available in good times and in bad. I want her to have the ability, as I did, to walk out of a job that wasn't working one day and into her own business the next. I left my employer's firm on a Friday and started my own the following Monday. I have never looked back. I made 1/3 more money my first year on my own and I went from working 60-80 hours per week to 30-40 hours per week. I could not have done this without my law degree. [b]My law degree gives me total flexibility and the ability to work purely for myself without having to seek an employer. I am as independent as one can get in the working world [b]and I absolutely want my daughter to have that advantage.

However, I knew in law school that I would not be working for a big firm. I wanted the courtroom immediately, every day, all day. So I went a different direction and made less than a big law salary in the boom years, but now, I am not being laid off, no one is cutting my salary, and I make as much money as I want depending how much I want to work. I hope I can convince my daughter to consider the law as a profession.

There are a lot of lines of work that meet this description and which are a lot less stressful and time-consuming than the law is. My SIL for example is an OT, has her own practice, works regular hours, and makes great money. Ditto for my brother, a psychologist.

Hell, plumbers, doctors, consultants, doctors, nurses, physician assistants, and any number of other workers have that ability.

[Anonymous]

Definitely train as a plumber. It's a job that will always be in demand and can't be outsourced. It will provide an option if you are downsized out of big law without any clients of your own.