Re: long-term document review?

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The pay is real, if not low. The work is going to be legal
drudgery. Whether it will last 1-2 years is anyones guess.

Think of it this way, 3 days of work will pay for your Bar
dues and some beer. How can you go wrong?

On 7/11/06, L wrote:
> As you know, I closed my law office, and have decided to
> beomce a teacher. I'm almost done with the process and
> expect to receive job offers from schools.
>
> I had also decided to go inactive (law license), not pay
> any more bar dues, and turn in my bar card.
>
> Suddenly, I get a call about a long-term document review
> job paying $35/hr. The recruiter says it will be 1-2
> years long with some overtime, that I could make over $70k
> a year. When I asked her if I must keep my law license
> active, she says I must keep it active for this job.
> Teaching jobs pay about $40k/year.
>
> 1) Do you think a doc review job is reliable enough that
> I can count on 1-2 years of income at $70k/year+?
> 2) Do you think doc review jobs really require active law
> license? I thought even fresh grads without law licenses
> worked on those gigs ...
>
> Keeping my license active will require about $500 I need
> to pay very soon. I wonder if this doc gig is worth that
> money and foregoing teaching position. If I go inactive I
> just need to pay $50.
>