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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe look into being a paralegal in a disability law firm?
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I went back to school and got my Masters in Legal Studies. I was a litigation paralegal for many years.  I loved it! I was able to spend way more time with our clients than the attorneys could. In our firm, attorneys rarely had time to work directly with clients outside of hearings.  I handled the intake interviews, research, investigation, and discovery, kept clients informed throughout the process, prepared them for hearings, drafted documents, worked with doctors and insurance companies, provided attorney support during hearings, mediations, and depositions, .....  It was very, very stressful. I worked long hours. I could (would) not have done it with young children. But I loved it!  I felt like what I did really made a difference.

I made about $90,000 a year including my bonus working in Memphis, Tennessee.  Consider the paralegal route at least initially.  You don't need a Masters to do it.  You can start out working in a law firm as administrative support and work into a paralegal position if you find you like it. Before you spend money on law school, work in a firm. Something like 75% of attorneys hate their jobs. In my firm it was more like 50%,  but that's still a lot.   And I made more as a Paralegal than some of the new attorneys.[/quote]

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