Best remote side gigs for attorneys? I am considering leaving my firm position for a state job which would result in a 20k pay cut. Worth it for my mental health! My husband and I can make it work financially but I would miss the extra cash. Would be open to working 10-15 extra hours per week for a little bit of extra $$.

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I tutor the LSAT for $150-200 an hour over the phone.

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How many hours a week do you have students booked, on average? Do you find it difficult to get the number of students/hours you need?

Seems counterintuitive to the goal of leaving for your mental health. Maybe talk to a career coach or therapist about it? I’m not trying to be condescending so please don’t take it that way. I just know that a lot of us attorneys find the need to fill our time and are hyper focused on finances (personal experiences).

I’m leaving the law and taking a pay cut and cut my spending instead because I needed peace.

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I took about a 15k pay cut but I’m going to be working from home, eating out a lot less, using less gas (I’m in CA, it’s 6 a gallon here), and not paying for other expenses like suits and such that I had before.

Not sure where you live, but driving for uber is a pretty flexible option.

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Writing! I work as a freelance case briefer for Quimbee on the side and love it so much! I don’t know if Quimbee has any open positions at the moment, but legal writing is another option.

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I checked them out. Looks interesting. Decent pay? How's the work, arduous?

A lot of law schools hire bar exam tutors/adjuncts

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There's a super discipline intelligent guy that did it at my school I have no doubt that he would be an excellent big law attorney but I imagine the stress of teaching people how to do the bar exam is a lot lower

Have you thought about bundling and selling an expertise?

If you’re biglaw, recruiting isn’t bad. Can DM me to discuss.

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