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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, you WILL NOT find a BigLaw job now or after taking a couple of years off.  Nor will you find the kind of clerkship (federal, preferably appellate) that you can use to springboard into BigLaw.

The only viable route I have seen suggested is going by way of the government, but those jobs are extremely hard to get.  The PPs who talk about how hard it is are right.  I work at a firm with a "big name," and our people do go to the governemnt after a few years in decent slots, but not straight out of a school.  It is virtually impossible to get a job at an agency that might lead to a BigLaw job striaght out of school.

Even the people I know who took time off witht heir kids and then eventually found a gig with a non-profit did so only after having YEARS of experience in the given field first.

I think your job prospects are pretty bleak in general, honestly.  If you did not figure out how to get where you say you want to go by the end of your first year of law school, I have to say you brought this on yourself.

And to answer the title of your post's question, DH and I are both lawyers.  I make what your DH makes, which is bit more than my DH makes, but he is above the DCUM "middle class" line all by himself.  So, no, it isn't worth it financially for either of us to stay home.  I do see my kids.  If you want something bad enough, you figure out how to juggle without dropping a baby, a deadline, or the family dog's prescription refill.  It requires a level of commitment in you, and a level of commitment and partnership with your spouse, that you do not seem to have.[/quote]

wow I feel sorry for your husband.  [/quote]

OP here. PP, why do you insult this poster? Her advice is an excellent one (as many others on this thread) and I am very grateful for it. I think it is admirable how she and her husband as a team succeed in managing everything.[/quote]

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