u/Seeyounextbearimy

Leaving fed clerkship and accepted boutique (or mid-law? ~50 attorneys) offer. As much as I can know, the hours will be a lot better (<1800) but its definitely a pay cut to go with. The position is in a city closer to family (who are very excited for me to move!). But now feeling regret about not jumping back to biglaw as I expected and admittedly leaving the bonus behind (🥲)

For context, i had a rough clerkship year personally (luckily my judge was wonderful!) and the job search didn’t pan out as easily as I hoped. i know alot of that was on me! Given my mental health (then and still now) keeping my head mostly above water with my clerkship took almost all the energy i had. Just disappointed in myself in a lot of ways as I expected to end the clerkship year on a much higher note and its just not happening.

this is more so venting with people who “get it“ but will also take any advice if you have it lol

edit: because im a “lawyers are bad at math stereotype 🙃” it was supposed to be less than

Leaving fed clerkship and accepted mid-law offer. As much as I can know, the hours will be a lot better (1600-1800) and position in a city much closer to family (who are excited for me to move as well). But now feeling regret about not jumping back to biglaw as I expected and admittedly leaving the bonus behind (🥲)

For context, i had a rough clerkship year personally (luckily my judge was wonderful!) and the job search didn’t pan out as easily as I hoped while switching cities. i know alot of that was on me, as given my declining mental health, keeping my head mostly above water with my clerkship took almost all the energy i had/have. Just disappointed in myself in a lot of ways as I expected to end the clerkship year on a much higher note and its just not happening.

more venting with people who “get it“ but will also take any advice if you have it lol