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[quote=Anonymous]I had my son in my second year of law school. Now that I graduated and he can go to daycare, I find that all law jobs with halfway family-friendly hours pay only $ 40-50k. My DH makes $ 450-500k. My net income would be $ 20-25k, while daycare costs $ 18k. The thought of working for nothing is so depressing. Do I have to wait until my child is a teenager to work at BigLaw (which is why I went to law school in the first place). My husband works such long hours that that would not be an option now. I don't want to have a nanny raise my kid.

The problem is that I do not have any work experience. I am almost convinced that I would not have a chance to find a decent job if I waited until my son grows up. I am thrilled to have this particular child, but I wish I had worked for a few years in the legal field before having children.

The lawyer moms out there, how would you handle this situation? For the record, I am only interested in private practice and maybe in-house, so no government, non-profit or academia.

Thanks in advance![/quote]

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