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Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:27 pm
by adt231
Borhas wrote:good bump
sgtgrumbles wrote:Does anyone know whether public interest jobs generally have the same brutal hours as biglaw positions? I'm not too keen on completely abandoning my life outside of work, so it would be an added bonus to work fewer hours each week than I would expect to in the private sector. Anyone have any insight?
The PI attorneys (PD's and Legal Aid) I know don't normally put in 60 hour weeks. If you have a trial coming up then yeah... but generally I think the stress of PI comes from working with people who have mental health issues and not the hours... often times they are homeless, government bureaucrats, have substance abuse problems, or are criminals . That can wear a person down.
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DOJ?
don't know about them, but since they work for the Feds my guess is they work 35 hours a week and get 150 days off a year
Thanks for this, Borhas. This is helpful.
And lol at the 150 days off. I want one of those jobs!
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:36 pm
by adt231
What about NGO workers? Anyone know if these people are working crazy hours like their biglaw counterparts?
My guess is that this varies as well depending upon where one is working and whether or not one has a trial/big case at the time. Can any one confirm this or does anyone have any anecdotes?
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:06 pm
by charliebrownwn
sgtgrumbles wrote:Does anyone know whether public interest jobs generally have the same brutal hours as biglaw positions? I'm not too keen on completely abandoning my life outside of work, so it would be an added bonus to work fewer hours each week than I would expect to in the private sector. Anyone have any insight?
check out these threads.
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=138320
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... 3&t=149043
TLDR: Varies. 45-55 hrs/week might be normal, with better vacation opportunities than biglaw but similar potential for heavy periods.
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:30 pm
by adt231
Thanks, charliebrownwn!
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:36 pm
by Sandro
charliebrownwn wrote:but similar potential for heavy periods.
GROSS!!!
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:25 pm
by mom2law
Re: Best Public Interest Law Schools
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 9:17 pm
by adt231
thanks for the update but do people actually put any credence into these rankings?
Cost of attendance is suppose to matter how in ranking how good a school is for PI? They seem pretty arbitrary to me...
edit: because I'm a dunce who often produces many typos