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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a lawyer mom of two.

You should NEVER completely leave the field. You can't get back in. One of the many ways lawyers are risk adverse to a fault. Don't want to let people back in who left.

But part time should be fine. [/quote]

true.

It's always seemed ironic to me that lawyers are the ones who fight against discrimination for their clients.  But, when it comes to lawyers hiring === they are very limited in who they will select.  If you aren't coming to them at a certain time in life (i.e. 25-28 yrs old), you are not worth their time.  At my lawschool, there was a guy with an Iranian name.  He had on his resume that he spoke Farsi.  The dean of career services told him that if he wanted to get hired, he needed to change his name.  This was in the late 1990's.  Lawyers talk the talk, but don't walk the walk.

Other industries discriminate on age as well, but at least they aren't out there making the arguments that discrimination is wrong.

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