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[quote=Anonymous]After several years off as a SAHM, I'm thinking of going back to work at Big Law and they're willing to hire me 75%. A regulatory practice group. It's been years since I was in a big firm, and I don't know if I'm being overly optimistic that this can work. Back then I had no kids and could just stay late as needed or work on weekends.

DH is government and gets home usually by 4-5pm. Our 3 kids are elementary aged. I'd take the mornings with the kids and would hope to work from 10-6 and then as needed after kids are in bed (so, some days 9-11ish). So 8-10 hour days. I don't look forward to working nights, but can deal when needed. I hope not to work weekends much aside from communicated with colleagues as needed. We'd have a cleaning service, and we'd hire a part-time sitter to ensure someone is here when the kids get home. We'd need a summer nanny / sitter.

It all sounded do-able at first, and we do need to money (need to save more for college and retirement, need new cars but don't want to take on debt for them, etc). We lived lean so I could be home with the kids, but I need to go back.

But . . . I start to panic when I think about all the kids' stuff and how we're going to juggle it. Well visits, dental appointments, afternoon sports practices, etc.

Anyone else making it work on a part-time Big Law schedule? And I don't mean just getting by. But does it work well for you? Like you can get home in the afternoon for kids' stuff (even if you have to log back on later), have family time on the weekend, take a vacation, get enough sleep, etc?[/quote]

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