Are law jobs outside big cities still worth considering?i’ve noticed more remote-friendly or smaller-market roles popping up. Sometimes the pay gap isn’t as big as expected considering the COL. Would you trade a top-tier city job for better balance and lower cost of living?

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Speaking as someone who has worked in a small market, a midsized market, and a large market, I would caution that the legal work gets less sophisticated and less lucrative the smaller you get. If you’re doing something like family law, it may not matter much, apart from the fact that small town clients may not have the need or resources for more complicated work. For corporate and business law, though, you’re taking a big step down, and you may have trouble returning to a big city practice should you change your mind later.

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Great insights, never think from that angle

Yes of course. This is the dream.

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My law professor always said her happiest colleagues were people who did law in smaller cities. Big fish in small ponds, better lifestyles

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Yes that was I thought

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