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tandemtuna t1_iuk0cgl wrote

You might look into things that are law-adjacent; I'm thinking particularly of "compliance" work. There's quite a lot of that in both universities (research) and finance and I know some non-practicing lawyers who are happy in the niche.

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dee_ta1 t1_iuk9l3u wrote

seconded, i have a JD and work in compliance (in the financial industry). it's not nearly as well paying as biglaw obviously but it's a solid and growing industry!

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ieleiat_hogwarts_edu t1_iuk96bm wrote

Was going to add this. A bonus of working in higher ed is there are often tuition benefits. If you end up wanting to do a complete career change, you can take advantage of free (or subsidized) classes.

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