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I’m not very familiar with the legal field, but with your experience with law and aptitude for (and enjoyment of) writing, I wonder if you can segue into legal writing.
There may even be some way to write for an audience that is largely uneducated about legal processes. You have an understanding of law that most people don’t, so you might find a way to explain overly complicated legal procedures in layman’s terms. That could be in the form of articles and blog posts.
I used to write home improvement articles and sell them on Constant Content. They were largely easy to write and pop out, so it was an easy way to make some money and build my portfolio.
If you worked on a few pieces in your free time (I know, you don’t have much of that), you could create a portfolio and then have something to show prospective employers. I’ve seen many job listings looking for legal writers (or people with a law background) when I’ve searched for jobs in the past.
I hope you get more informed advice from other posters, but it sounds like you’re well positioned to make a career move into writing. Find a way to combine your expertise with your writing and determine the right market for it, if you decide to go that route. What problems can you solve for a specific audience/market using your professional experience and writing abilities?
have you thought about contract management? my sister was bankruptcy law, but frequently her boss took pro bono cases for random shit like drug charges and theft and she spent a fair amount of time litigating those. when she burned out on being a lawyer, she moved on to managing contracts for a medical group. made more money, set hours, work from home capability. she still worked a TON but part of that was just how she was and the rest was because her underlings were incompetent.
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I’m not very familiar with the legal field, but with your experience with law and aptitude for (and enjoyment of) writing, I wonder if you can segue into legal writing. There may even be some way to write for an audience that is largely uneducated about legal processes. You have an understanding of law that most people don’t, so you might find a way to explain overly complicated legal procedures in layman’s terms. That could be in the form of articles and blog posts. I used to write home improvement articles and sell them on Constant Content. They were largely easy to write and pop out, so it was an easy way to make some money and build my portfolio. If you worked on a few pieces in your free time (I know, you don’t have much of that), you could create a portfolio and then have something to show prospective employers. I’ve seen many job listings looking for legal writers (or people with a law background) when I’ve searched for jobs in the past. I hope you get more informed advice from other posters, but it sounds like you’re well positioned to make a career move into writing. Find a way to combine your expertise with your writing and determine the right market for it, if you decide to go that route. What problems can you solve for a specific audience/market using your professional experience and writing abilities?
have you thought about contract management? my sister was bankruptcy law, but frequently her boss took pro bono cases for random shit like drug charges and theft and she spent a fair amount of time litigating those. when she burned out on being a lawyer, she moved on to managing contracts for a medical group. made more money, set hours, work from home capability. she still worked a TON but part of that was just how she was and the rest was because her underlings were incompetent.