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[quote=Anonymous]I figured this out in law school when I participated in a legal clinic and my opposing counsel purposefully filed motions to destroy a vacation he knew I had planned. That was the end of my aspirations to be a litigator -- it sucks being at the mercy of someone who may be motivated to screw you over. Some lawyers operate on a "gentleman's agreement" to prevent stuff like this, but many lawyers just want to win and don't care what tactics they use to make it happen.

I went into policy work and then later into business consulting focused on the legal sector. I also know people who work in regulatory practices or commercial transactions who have more predictable schedules. IP is appealing for this reason as well. All of these are areas where clients often come to you proactively with "good problems" -- they want to grow their business, they want change the law to benefit their industry, they want to protect their intellectual property. It's very different from working in litigation, corporate compliance, or white collar defense (or any kind of defense), where clients are coming to you because someone has wronged them, or because they screwed up, or because someone has accused them of screwing up.[/quote]

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