Can't deal with the day to day pressure in the practice of law.

I don’t mean to rude, but I’ve never met a male law librarian and assume it’s something women do when they want to scale back professionally and have a partner bringing in more money.

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Anonymous wrote:How is it a waste of the degree? Some of the questions/requests I've directed to our law librarian probably wouldn't be capably answered if he didn't have a law degree.

Lower salary and less challenging?

I'm guessing OP is not a lawyer. Challenging is not always a good thing when it comes to day to day life balance.

I was a TA for the intro Library Science course when I was in grad school. The JDs who were getting law degrees to become law librarians were looking for reasonable hours and were willing to trade some salary. Law librarians make a lot more than many other kinds of librarians.

No more billable hours, more predictable schedule - a guess.

It would be super interesting and you don't have to write or go to court. You're done at the end of the day.

Anonymous wrote:How is it a waste of the degree? Some of the questions/requests I've directed to our law librarian probably wouldn't be capably answered if he didn't have a law degree.

Lower salary and less challenging?

How is it a waste of the degree? Some of the questions/requests I've directed to our law librarian probably wouldn't be capably answered if he didn't have a law degree.

Anonymous wrote:lost license?

eek

lost license?

I definitely see the appeal! Many people especially many lawyers don't love their career. Wanting better work life balance explains many transitions like biglaw to government or in-house or legal recruiting, etc. Many are fine with "huge income loss" if there is less stress, better schedule, etc.

Work life balance? It depends on the job but some law librarian jobs do pay well.

The law librarians at my organization have MLS degrees. It can be JD preferred.

My mom did this as a quasi-retirement job. She retired early once I had finished college (around 60) and we to get a masters in library science in order to become a law librarian. The idea was an easier, more sustainable job that she could do until 80 or so.

Same reason they transition to biz dev and training program leaders, they got tired of practicing.

Seems like a waste of a law degree and a huge income loss?