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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I suggest taking a STC job at the World Bank. The positions are often part-time and can lead to more meaningful careers in international development or non-profits. You will need to network to find the right TTL who is hiring, but your law degree will be a plus. [/quote]

Oh right, because anyone with little experience who's been unemployed for the last 5 years can just hop into World Bank consulting?  90% of those jobs are extremely competitive unless you're talking about admin work or really undesirable work.  [/quote]

I doubt you actually work there. I do, and I suggested this. It is more than doable because my team hires people just like OP to work 1-2 days each week.[/quote]

So any chance they would hire a PhD in economics! How to find these jobs please share. [/quote]

Yes, please share how best to go about finding these jobs ... sounds like they could be the jackpot for all of us former lawyers who want some intellectual stimulation and adult contact but who can't commit to 40+ hours a week for whatever reason ... [/quote]

I am 100% willing to commit to 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 hours a week.  I took 5 years off and now have been working as a contract lawyer making nothing working 60 hours a week (for the overtime pay) for over a year, so I know I could do it.  The idea that I could work at the World Bank thrills me...

OR any place with intellectual stimulation for that matter - document review is far from it!  But, doing it for a year proves that I can balance family and work easily (I wouldn't have left my job in the first place but my husband's job took us abroad for a couple years and then I got pregnant so postponed starting back up).[/quote]

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