Can anyone talk about practicing law on the side (i.e. separate from your day job)?
I was thinking of trying to do this after graduation for simple stuff like wills, trusts, uncontested divorces, etc.
It seemed like a good way to make some money when I initially thought about it but then I considered malpractice insurance, finding clients, etc. and now I'm wondering if it's really feasible.
Thoughts?
Practicing "on the side" Forum
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swampman
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Re: Practicing "on the side"
What's your day job? Can't imagine any legal employer that would be OK with this.
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NotMyRealName09
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Re: Practicing "on the side"
Your malpractice insurer will not allow this as you have to tell them every firm you're working for (if you don't, they won't cover you when they find out and you're being sued), and thus neither will whatever firm you are working at. It presents massive problems regarding potential undisclosed conflicts of interest, as, for example, your side-work client may be getting sued by your day job in an unrelated case that you don't know about because you didn't run a conflict check in your day job, and now you are both representing your client while also working for a law firm suing them into bankruptcy. Enjoy that conversation with the client when you explain your fuck up, and enjoy getting fired too because now you've conflicted out your day job co-attorneys from that case. And your malpractice insurer won't cover it, and then everyone gets their asses sued off for breaches of client confidences.
tl;dr - textbook way to get malpracticed, and you should know this already, so stop thinking about it entirely. You can do wills and shit through your day job, that's the only way, no moonlighting.
tl;dr - textbook way to get malpracticed, and you should know this already, so stop thinking about it entirely. You can do wills and shit through your day job, that's the only way, no moonlighting.
