Why would anyone transition from being a lawyer to a law librarian?

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Anonymous wrote:Tuition discount for their children?

That's a possibility. Not every law graduate goes on to make partner in big law. On average, income isn't very high for lawyers, specially ones not willing to sacrifice their ethical beliefs or family life.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like a waste of a law degree and a huge income loss?

Being a lawyer sucks.

Yes, it does. Former lawyers are all over the place, including being stay at home parents with an even bigger income loss than law librarian.

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Anonymous wrote:Why TF would I want to be “challenged” lmao. I spent a decade doing some of the hardest legal work on this earth. I’m tired, I have kids, and I don’t need the money.

Word. Constantly on edge, adrenaline charged, just waiting for the next hostile encounter with opposing counsel or communication from upset client, only to go home and work on pleadings and discovery for hours. It's then that law librarian starts looking like a dream job.

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I actually know someone who did this! They didn't need the income and being a lawyer wasn't making them happy. Some people value happiness more than money. Their spouse has worked in tech a long time.

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What a crazy question and crazy assumptions!

I am a librarian. I can’t tell you how many JD plus MLS librarians I have met. Not everyone finds the practice of law appealing.

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This is a very strange question, OP. If you’ve worked as a lawyer, the answer should be obvious.

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Anonymous wrote:Tuition discount for their children?

That's a possibility. Not every law graduate goes on to make partner in big law. On average, income isn't very high for lawyers, specially ones not willing to sacrifice their ethical beliefs or family life.

Most biglaw lawyers are like NFL running backs--you have a very short window to make this kind of money before you either are forced out or the pain of the job causes you to leave.

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Because billing hours is the.worst.

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Usually they realize law is not for them, or they burn out.

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There are still law librarians??

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t mean to rude, but I’ve never met a male law librarian and assume it’s something women do when they want to scale back professionally and have a partner bringing in more money.

I know multiple male law librarians.

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Because clients suck.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t mean to rude, but I’ve never met a male law librarian and assume it’s something women do when they want to scale back professionally and have a partner bringing in more money.

I know multiple male law librarians.

Me too

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it's a different kind of work - and you use your law degree to do it. the research part appeals to some people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a waste of a law degree and a huge income loss?

Being a lawyer sucks.

Yes, it does. Former lawyers are all over the place, including being stay at home parents with an even bigger income loss than law librarian.

+1 every lawyer I know in real life says they hate being a lawyer. The only happy ones are on DCUM apparently

Shoot I’m not a lawyer but in an executive role that I fantasize leaving for some quiet mid-tier individual contributor role