health and fitness: I want to leave the law behind and start afresh

dimanche 27 mars 2016

I want to leave the law behind and start afresh

My friends and family think it’s too drastic a decision but I dread the idea of continuing in the legal profession. What’s your advice?

Twice a week we publish problems that will feature in a forthcoming Dear Jeremy advice column in the Saturday Guardian so that readers can offer their own advice and suggestions. We then print the best of your comments alongside Jeremy’s own insights. Here is the latest dilemma – what are your thoughts?

I am a lawyer in a specialist field and am well paid. It took me a long time to qualify and get into an area that I enjoyed. However, the work has changed substantially and the business I work for takes decisions that I am no longer comfortable with. Job security is important to me, so a move into a comparable legal role, but with a different (possibly charitable) organisation, does not appeal. I have worked in different types of legal environments and perhaps I need to conclude that the law, in spite of the dedication and effort I put in to get to a senior position, is simply not for me.