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[quote=Anonymous]How long did he work for at the law firm? Has he ever thought of hanging a shingle? I'm just wondering how much experience he had. I have friends that graduated in the middle of the depression and couldn't find anything, hung a shingle and are doing quite well. Alternative some failed at it.

Your DH has a couple of things going against him. His age and I'm assuming a lack of savings. So there is a need to always work doc review instead of actually working on getting a job.

I did doc review for a few months out of law school and I know many that have as well. Almost all were able to leave that, but there is one guy who has been stuck doing it for 8 years now and besides applying to staff attorney positions or heading  a doc review project, the exit options are limited after such a long time 
No one outside the legs industry understands "privileged" information and tagging it. The work is crap, and the atmosphere is poisonous. The people working these projects are either recent grads or people like your DH that have stuck doing that.

Networking is his best option, but that's also gonna be hard.
Do you work? Do you have kids? It's honestly a tough situation for you as well. I bet you've been his cheerleader for a while to no avail. Keep supporting him, but don't coddle him. He needs to keep applying to get out of this rut. Doc review is hellish and depressing. I feel for your DH. It's demoralizing to be so low on the legal food chain.

For people that don't know what doc review is, don't bother responding with cliche answers. [/quote]

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