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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Being a lawyer in DCUM land has one path. Top 10 school, big law for 5-7 years, then boutique or in house. Thats just one very narrow way of looking at law. My sister lives in Ohio where she went to a state law school (U of Akron) for 21k a year while working full time. It was half paid by her employer. After graduation she transferred to said companies legal department where they pay back her loans. She makes 156k in Ohio were a 5,000 sq ft house in a great school district is 450k. I think in our area it seems like the legal profession is soul sucking because there are so many of us but there are lots of ways and places to practice law and this notion of "top tier or not worth it" s silly. [/quote] Agreed. One of the lawyers my company uses is a one-woman shop in Wisconsin. Her rates are reasonable, and she specializes in a few obscure areas of law but she's good at it. She'll never end up doing litigation, just contracts stuff. She makes a decent living for the area, and she doesn't have to work crazy hours.[/quote] And again- Wisconsin. No. That’s not a choice most of us would make since you know, we live in dc. I would personally put a gun in my mouth over living in Wisconsin or Ohio. [/quote] One of the downsides to working in a smaller market is that there are fewer opportunities to switch jobs if you are unhappy, or if you find yourself laid off. Corporate gigs are never a sure thing. I'm in-house and I got laid off from my last in-house position when the company laid off half of the employees in the DC area. I was lucky to get another job in 3 months, but in smaller markets where there are fewer large companies that need in-house attorney's, those opportunities will be harder to come by. [/quote]
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