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Hey CC30, well good to know even you fancy in-house guys get sick of it too! Sometimes I thought if I could get a nice gig like that, it might be more palatable. I've always been more of a pavement-pounder, although did some work in firms for seven or eight years when I was getting going. As far as prereqs, you're pretty much where I'll be after this semester, except I had a bunch of soc already in college. Good job on your org Chem class this summer, I will look for those videos as I'm taking that right now. I havent shadowed either, but planning some hopefully soon. I did med-mal defense for a few years, maybe they would count that, haha. I'll keep the plaintiff stuff to myself in the interview. Your stats sound like you're in good shape to get in. You planning to stay in Texas?
Thanks, Rabbott. To be honest, I knew before going in-house that I was going to make the switch at some point. When the issue is more than just work/life balance, it's not solved by taking a lighter workload. Though you can definitely just kind of work in these more relaxing gigs for a long time in a sort of complacent "stasis."
The cardiologist ended up letting me shadow with him and that was a hoot. I admit to being taken by surprise when he started asking me some fairly tough questions regarding things he'd explained earlier in the day. I ended up feeling like I learned a lot from the experience, as a result.
As to whether I'm staying in Texas, it's likely due to the number of schools here and the tuition reduction for in-state is crazy good here. If I got in, though, I'm strongly considering UAMS since it's very near my family. Like a lot of non-trads, my family is getting pretty up there in age and it'd be nice to spend the next ten years near them.
I'm actually envious of your med-mal experience. That always sounded like something that would be fun to do and everyone can relate to in some way. My civil litigation experience is a lot more on the business side, which isn't the most exhilarating dinner conversation if you're not with a bunch of other lawyers.