Never in my life have I entertained thoughts of being a lawyer: A doctor, yes, at one time, and some other much-less-lucrative pursuits. The closest I got to law school was a summer job when I was in grad school; the law schools career development director hired me to read stacks of surveys from alumni/ae and write up a summary report. “Litigation” was the specialty most frequently checked: Double no thanks, I thought, as I entered data into the computer.
Time passes, one stops working odd and temp jobs, one gets married, has a baby, gets a full-time job, the child …read more