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I’ve became the organizer of our small firm that started April 2019 and this would continue to make me very valuable to the firm to make a very protectable practice area more organized and efficient. But it’s not legal work and I feel like I have stopped growing as a lawyer since starting.
The people, pay, benefits, work/life balance at this firm are fantastic. There’s room for me to very easily become a partner in the future. But I feel like I’m not being trained as a young lawyer and that I’m only being valued because I’m very good at creating structure and efficiencies as accommodation to my tendencies and recognizing the tools that other people need to make them more efficient.
In the end, my billable time is terrible because I spend all my time doing none legal work. It’s not exciting so it’s hard to stay motivated. I feel very conflicted about my path moving forward. I like my firm a lot but I rarely feel like a lawyer and these responsibilities do not motivate me because I rarely have to do legal work. You know how hard it is to stay focused on anything without motivation.
Do I stick with it? Tell them I want out of this practice area? Try to find a different job at the risk of working somewhere with terrible people that are not understanding about ADHD and mental health struggles?