What is your advice to a senior associate/junior partner level litigator (midsize firm experience, gen lit) who desperately wants to do more meaningful, mission-driven work and stop tracking time? Is nonprofit work a realistic leap with no professional nonprofit experience? Is pay in low to mid 100s- attainable? Any other advice?

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Unfortunately with nonprofits there is frequently a trade off between the "goodness" of the cause and the pay. Best paid nonprofits tend to be less exciting mission, like trade associations, certifying bodies, and research institutes. If you're super jazzed about the cause of American dentists lobbying Medicare reimbursement rates or companies self-certifying compliance with harmonized stormwater management practices, you'll be in heaven and making plenty... But most people don't really care about that as a cause.

Helping kids, helping the environment, helping the poor, etc, don't expect to earn much.

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FWIW fed gov and state AGs office likely pay 6 figures if you have 5+ YOE. And definitely checks the box of meaningful work

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Look into private public interest firms too. Harvard maintains a good list. https://hls.harvard.edu/bernard-koteen-office-of-public-interest-advising/private-public-interest-law-and-plaintiffs-firm-guide/
Many government agencies doing good work too, depending on the state where you live.

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Agree about the trade off between the goodness of the cause and pay. Ironically, execs at non profits often make a LOT of money (my husband worked for United Way for a long time and spilled the tea on how much the C-level suite was making). So there are ways to make more money there, but not necessarily through law

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Conduct needs assessment as get a rough sketch on the needs you can and can’t address, use your interests and work experience as a jumping off point to “fight the good fight” and consider starting your own non-profit! ^__^

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