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Perspective

Feb. 11, 2011

Creating a Life After Law

Is there life after a busy and demanding legal career, and what will it look like? By Tom Pollack of Irell & Manella.


By Tom Pollack


Many lawyers in their 50s and 60s may be fast approaching a major decision point in their lives - what to do when they retire from, or cut back, their law practices. Is there life after a busy and demanding legal career, and what will it look like? Some welcome the prospect of exiting from the stress, hours and demands of lawyering, while others dread not knowing what may replace it. Many wonder what their new life would look like and worry whethe...

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