Quote From: yewberryThanks Renegade ! :)
Is 35 young ? I suppose it is - but perhaps I'm so, ahem, knackered (in Cockney-rhyming slang, that's cream-crackered) that it feels like I'm 80 sometimes.
Also, the law is a funny business........there's a lot of demand for 0-4 year qualified lawyers, largely because they're cheaper to employ than experienced people and because they're still hungry for partnership, meaning that they work their butts off to get there.
Only to reach that point, like me, and feel that it wasn't worth it.
I dunno if a comedic career would suit me (although I do know hundreds of dirty lawyer jokes) - I often think about a career which isn't a professional, be-suited, office-based job. Wonder if I could become a lady plumber ?
For those bullied at work - so sorry to hear that. An employer who allows a bully to intimidate and harrass other colleagues is potentially facing a negligence suit - or at the very least, constructive dismissal. Do you have that in the US ? It's where an employer's actions of lack of actions effectively forces someone to leave against their will.
Sorry about the title- I know- there is a ton of stress in the legal field. In addition to the amount in work, there are the ignorant cracks about it from idiots who were in trouble, went to a lawyer adn were in so deep that nothing could save them- so they take pot shots.....
Divorce is a sticky biz- my brother is an attorney, and practices ONLY in the business field- as he says, "Business law, nobody gets too caught up in it because you aren't taking their kids away...." And hes right. Have you thought about checking out the social work aspect? I don't know about the UK, but we are STARVING for legal aid attorneys in the US, no one defends the poor, who need it the most. No, you wouldn't make nearly the money you are making now, but you would be able to enact change within peoples lives. I do a little volunteer work as a reader (reading and interpreting legal jargon to people who didn't have the educational opportunities I did) and its pretty fun and very rewarding. Plus, you meet people you might not come into contact with on a daily basis. Then again, I have a MFA, have had several businesses and I sell sex toys at home parties, which is not traditional but REALLY fun!!!! What the hell- life is great!! :)
