Legal contacting - has anyone done it before? I’m a mid to senior finance lawyer in a big law firm in the UK who’s feeling very burnt out and needing a change. I am not sure it’s a permanent solution but has anyone done legal contracting and have any experiences positive or negative they can share ?

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