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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I am just so perplexed by the title of this post. Why would there be a huge number of lawyers who don't work because it's not worth it financially?[/b]  If anything the salaries will outweigh child care, although again, this is not a concern of yours since your husband makes big money.

Why don't govt jobs "interest" you but big law does??  Many of those jobs are pretty dull (doc review anyone?)[/quote]

You are clearly not a lawyer. To answer the question of the title of this thread: how many JDs do not work anymore because it isn't worth it financially? Answer: tons of us.

This thread has been dealing with much more that the title question because the OP gave more specific information in her post. But, as a SAHM with a JD and two kids that would need full time childcare, believe me, there are lots of us that have weighed the costs and benefits of working as a lawyer and decided it was better to stay home (financially and QOL). [/quote]

Hilarious.  I am a lawyer and married to a lawyer.  Why is the cost of child care only charged against the woman's salary?  I know plenty of lawyers moms who aren't working as lawyers but they aren't wringing their hands over not working in BigLaw.  In fact, if you are weighing practice at BigLaw, then the financial question is any easy one.  Of course, you will make more than child care.  It's all about QOL.

There is a big difference between working in BigLaw and not being able to balance work/life and working as a lawyer outside of Big Law.  I have a great in-house job at a non profit.  I leave at 4pm every day; DH works a GS-15 high level govt job and leaves at 5:30.  Our HHI is over $250k.  There is a fulfilling life outside of BigLaw and it's kind of odd to me that OP -- who is a new law graduate-- just wrote off whole swaths of the legal profession because she only wants to work at BigLaw but wants to see her kids?  [/quote]

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