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Am I being too naive about my possible career in law?
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
thanks for this advice. I will definitely look more into the career. A reason why i considered law school is just because of how my strengths align with the profession as well as my interests. Over the last few days of me posting, I was very demotivated under the stress of figuring out what to do with my life along with schoolwork. Maybe thats why I kept on stressing my need to have work life balance, I was just too tired at that point. Now thinking about it, I would not mind working longer hours as long as I do work that I love. I will look more into the law profession before commiting to make sure it is something I want to pursue. One last thing, I saw that you mentioned the city of edmonton which is where I live. Do you think it would be possible for me to reach out to lawyers in the area and ask about the career? -
Has anyone here worked as a student either with the government of alberta or with the city of edmonton? I was wondering if I could ask some questions about how you got those positions?
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Am I being too naive about my possible career in law?
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
how can I know for sure if I will like it? Mostly, I have been looking into the classes that we need to take, the daily responsibilities of the lawyers in my field of interest and their job descriptions. I have also been looking at the LinkedIn profiles of people who are in my field of interest and reading the job descriptions. Lastly, I kind of just watched videos of a day in the life of a lawyer. -
Am I being too naive about my possible career in law?
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
i mean, my goal is to work with the government as a lawyer. -
Am I being too naive about my possible career in law?
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
thank you, i appreciate your insight. I'm in Alberta so I'm not sure how competitive it is to get into the MAG but i'll definitely do some more research. -
Am I being too naive about my possible career in law?
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
sorry i meant solicitor! my mistake, ill try changing that on the original post. i guess when i was talking about litigation i meant criminal law which im not interested in. to my understanding, i thought 120k would be quite reasonable for a lawyer working in the government after working 6-10 years for sure assuming they start at around 80k after articling -
Hi all. I'm a female undergrad interested in law, specifically working with the provincial or municipal government as a legal counsel or solicitor. I am not interested in litigation or criminal law. In addition to the interesting work, the work life balance also interests me in government law. The pay seems comfortable for a regular 40 hour work week with the occasional hectic weeks thrown in. On top of that there are benefits, paid maternity leave, health and dental, and a pension. However, I am hesitant to commit to law school because I am wondering if I am being naive as to where I may end up. First of all, am I too optimistic about the work load I will have? I asked a question on this forum yesterday and it seemed like people working in law in the government worked around 35-45 hours a week and occasionally more. Secondly, my sister advised against law school for me because she said my plan was too specific. Like what if I don't end up securing a government job as a student or article and end up somewhere that I don't want to be. Lastly I looked at different government roles within the BC government and assume there are similar roles where I live (Alberta). It seems like a legal background would help you progress to many of the roles. However, I am worried that I may end up locking myself into government and if I ever need to move anywhere, it would be hard to transfer my skills. I'd rather not have to move from where I currently live due to some family related reasons but you never know. I don't really have a desire to make boatloads of money, just about around 120k in around 6 years. I just want a comfortable job where the work is interesting but at the end of the day, I can enjoy my free time. Do you think I am being too naïve?
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how often were these unpredictable events per year where they would have to put in extra hours?
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Do most Canadian lawyers work 50 + a week?
maybemaybe replied to Columbo's topic in General Discussion
what are your typical work week hours and how did you get to that point? -
Government and in-house lawyers lifestyle
maybemaybe replied to maybemaybe's topic in General Discussion
are they software engineers? that might be why they seem to earn more with a nice work life balance -
what was their work life balance like? i saw a recent post that said higher up government positions are expected to work long hours
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Do most Canadian lawyers work 50 + a week?
maybemaybe replied to Columbo's topic in General Discussion
what is your job? also can i ask what your location is?