I know that we have a couple of lawyers on this site and I was wondering if I could ask you for your opinions.
I’ve always wanted to go to law school but since having our DD, I’ve come to realize that while I think that I still want to be a lawyer, I don’t want to work full time any longer than I need to (aka after training is finished and I don’t have to be the breadwinner anymore). After we get the kids off to school, I think I might want to go back to work full time, but since our first is only 15 months and that time is quite a ways off, I’m not 100% sure that I will. I’m worried that the extra stress and debt that we will accumulate for me to go to school won’t be worth it if I can’t find a family friendly job. My question is – how family friendly is the field? Are their part-time jobs for lawyers? I think that I want to do either patent law or estate planning.
I’ve also considered going to school to be a paralegal. I think that since I already have a BS degree in engineering, I could do the BS in paralegal in 2 years since I will only have to take the paralegal classes and not all of the extras (science, math, English, etc). But, I haven’t been able to find any info on if it is an option to work part time as a paralegal. I’m still just getting started on my research though…..Do you know if it is possible to work part time as a paralegal?
Since I wouldn’t be able to start school for either until fall of 2007, I’ve been thinking about trying to get a job at a law firm as a secretary or something to see if I even like it. Do you think that is a good route or is there something else I could do? Since either option will involve accumulating more debt, I want to have a better idea on what they do day to day to see if it is something that I might like.
Thanks for any opinions and advice!
Kate
I’ve always wanted to go to law school but since having our DD, I’ve come to realize that while I think that I still want to be a lawyer, I don’t want to work full time any longer than I need to (aka after training is finished and I don’t have to be the breadwinner anymore). After we get the kids off to school, I think I might want to go back to work full time, but since our first is only 15 months and that time is quite a ways off, I’m not 100% sure that I will. I’m worried that the extra stress and debt that we will accumulate for me to go to school won’t be worth it if I can’t find a family friendly job. My question is – how family friendly is the field? Are their part-time jobs for lawyers? I think that I want to do either patent law or estate planning.
I’ve also considered going to school to be a paralegal. I think that since I already have a BS degree in engineering, I could do the BS in paralegal in 2 years since I will only have to take the paralegal classes and not all of the extras (science, math, English, etc). But, I haven’t been able to find any info on if it is an option to work part time as a paralegal. I’m still just getting started on my research though…..Do you know if it is possible to work part time as a paralegal?
Since I wouldn’t be able to start school for either until fall of 2007, I’ve been thinking about trying to get a job at a law firm as a secretary or something to see if I even like it. Do you think that is a good route or is there something else I could do? Since either option will involve accumulating more debt, I want to have a better idea on what they do day to day to see if it is something that I might like.
Thanks for any opinions and advice!
Kate
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