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Many lawyers are shocked to discover, early on in their careers, that the realities of practice are very unlike the attorney portrayed in television and movies. Studies over the last ten years report the number of attorneys expressing career dissatisfaction has sharply escalated. The reasons are manifest:

  Long work hours filled with repetitive drudgery of motions and depositions
  Seven day work weeks
  Little or no sense of fulfillment from their work; too much time spent on
     things other than constructing effective legal arguments
  Stress related to creating billable hours
  Fierce competition in the courtroom, as well as in the office
  Severe, negative impacts on marriage, parenting and quality of life
  Lack of growth potential or security

 
Why do so many attorneys apparently fail to act on their expressed desire to switch careers? As recognized by a company of professional retention consultants, “lawyers believe that being dissatisfied with the practice is just the nature of being a lawyer and that nothing can be done to change it. There is a level of hopelessness expressed in any possibility of meaningful change...”

 
What is most daunting is not so much a matter of coming to terms philosophically with leaving a particular niche in the legal profession, but the actual process of finding employment outside the legal field.
 
On paper, most attorneys are academic and professional successes. In reality, many are scared to death of failure. They suspect that they have made an irrevocable choice when they committed to and paid for law school. They think the investment in time and money is too great to risk a career change.
 
Annually, attorneys represent one of the highest percentages of RLS clients. In fact, an entire division of RLS was created specifically to assist legal professionals seeking a career change.
 
Leaving the law means facing an alien environment difficult to understand and deal with. Attorneys need someone who is able or who is qualified to spend time with them weighing options, discussing alternatives, and reaching an understanding of what is right specifically for his or her circumstances.
 
Increasingly, lawyers are seeking out professional services to help them make the transition to a different legal environment or to leave the law entirely. Because every individual attorney’s perspective and story is unique, a personalized service is a necessity.

If it's time for you to seek career counsel,