Reply to Is a boring, but flexible job good for starting a family?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "Is a boring, but flexible job good for starting a family?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious, what kind of positions are you considering OP?  Are you thinking of trying to go big law now?  In house?  Stay fed but go to a more demanding position?

I'm the 31 year old pp with a 6 month old and I'm also a lawyer.  I would not try to go to a law firm and get pregnant at the same time if that's what you're considering.  FWIW, I graduated from a tier 1 school in '07 and I can't think of many classmates who are still at firms and happy about it.

If you're thinking about staying fed, what about a 6 month detail?  [/quote]

Ideally, I'd love to find another fed gov job doing something related to employment law, but am pretty flexible.  Mostly I'd like to be getting experience in a broader area of law that can translate into other positions.  I did a detail for a while at my agency and loved it, but the full time hiring money never came through.  I also know of some prosecutor (state level, not DOJ) positions opening up -- BUT local gov jobs tend to pay less and I think the hours are more suited to someone just out of law school and eager to gain court experience, not someone who needs to rush to daycare.  I definitely don't want to do big law and honestly, big law hasn't shown much interest in me haha.

I also play around with the idea of just leaving law all together.  I have a mass media/PR background from college and always envisioned myself doing something more creative.  Unfortunately, a new industry would mean starting at the bottom.

DH is super supportive of me eventually getting to do something I'm more passionate about.  Maybe if his career takes off enough, we'll have the financial freedom for me to take a pay cut and start a new career.  For right now though I will try to embrace the perks of my job and focus on family.

Wow there are a lot of us attorneys on this board :)

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics