law.. help!

[wombifat]

You probably shouldn't base your whole career path on one article.

[IntoTheNewWorld]

You probably shouldn't base your whole career path on one article.

I'm confident there are many more like it.

I remember reading a really interesting (but depressing) article in some magazine about the life of a lawyer in a top firm. I vaguely remember one of the partners of a top law firm saying something about family, a social life and being a good lawyer are all connected, you must sacrifice one to get more of the other.

[ninwa]

You probably shouldn't base your whole career path on one article.

That's true. You can also turn it around and say that if one article turns you off a career, then you probably shouldn't be taking that career path anyway.

[wombifat]

Well those people made decisions to sacrifice their families and social lives to further their law careers.  It doesn't mean that if you want a career that relates to law, you automatically have to sacrifice your family and social life.  Any career path can lead to a hectic career.

[ninwa]

Well those people made decisions to sacrifice their families and social lives to further their law careers.  It doesn't mean that if you want a career that relates to law, you automatically have to sacrifice your family and social life.  Any career path can lead to a hectic career.

Exactly. Only if you're really really ambitious and want to be a partner of a top tier law firm by 30 or something. Then you'd probably not have a life outside of your career.

I know people who have one or two parents working as highly successful lawyers and their family and social life is perfectly normal. It's all about balance!

[wombifat]

Yeah, and that's basically the same as any career.  If you want to be at the top of any career, you'll probably have to make sacrifices.

[brendan]

http://volokh.com/posts/1173943567.shtml