Is there a world or any real possibility of landing a job as an attorney who doesn’t have a crazy stressful caseload and can just draft up and do transactional work from home and Zoom meet with clients or court and not have to be constantly stressed all the time? Is that a fantasy? I’m currently in ID and I know now that litigation is not for me. Looking for a less stressful way to practice while still making enough to support my family and pay off student loans. It’s taking its toll on me.

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I work in local government and have great WLB. I rarely work more than 40 hours per week. I still have some stress, but my colleagues are all very supportive. My job isn’t work from home, but it’s flexible and I enjoy being in the office with my colleagues. I don’t make a ton of money, but I’ve cracked the 6 figure mark 8 years in. I’m also doing public service loan forgiveness so my loans are manageable and will be forgiven in 2 years. It’s a pretty good life.

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I’m an assistant county attorney. I do environmental, employment, and social services law primarily. All of which are areas I can easily pivot to the private sector in should I so choose.

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couldn’t agree more also I hate ID and been trying to escape it.

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I recently left ID for a more transactional type position. While in ID, I would bill over 200 hours a month, work almost every weekend, and wasn’t making great money. At my current job, I work M-F, never work past 6pm, and make about 30% more with better benefits.

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What state are you in if you don’t mind me asking? I’m in California and there were a decent amount of other types of jobs. I did notice A LOT of postings for ID jobs tho LOL. Have you landed any interviews? I think the big thing is trying to articulate your reason for leaving ID. Like I had to explain that I wasn’t really made for litigation, and it probably helped that I had some experience in other areas as well.

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This is why I went in house. Transactional work in my pjs unless I have a meeting I know I will need to be on camera for.

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I only have two years of experience though lol there’s no way I can land an in-house position yet. But that is probably my end goal.

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