- work weekends
- leave my spouse to shoulder
the bruntall of the childcare duties - subjugate my needs for the needs of The Firm
- wear a suit to work every day (Thank God)
- worry that I will not be allowed to telecommute or to take time off for kid activities for fear of being seen as a slacker
- worry about whether my being the type of involved parent that I am will make me less valuable in the eyes of The Firm
- worry that I will not have a job in eight years because I couldn't "cut it."
It also helps that I had a lunch meeting with a state Supreme Court justice, two Court of Appeals judges, two non-profit Executive Directors, one law firm partner, and one law school professor who all treated me like an equal.
1 comment:
Good for you!!! I don't think you'll miss big firm life. I clerk for a non-profit law firm and while the money is not big firm money, neither are the hours. It is pretty strictly 9-5 and a weekend would be rare. Like one or two a year, rare. I like that I can still do the lawyer thing without giving up my family. It makes a huge difference in my sanity!!! Happy job hunting!!
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