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An Unemployed Lawyer's Words Of Wisdom: Not All Of Us Are 'Financially Stable'

Why do people assume all lawyers are wealthy when some of them are struggling to make ends meet?

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I’m having trouble finding work. People assume that all attorneys are well off, but once you’re past an age where you are young and single and can work all night, your marketability changes. Everyone at my wife’s office knows that I’m an attorney, so they assume that we’re financially stable and that she can quit whenever she wants. It gives her a bit of a shield. I’d rather not show my face because I don’t want her bosses to know how badly she needs the job.

— An honest, unemployed lawyer who offered up some harsh realities as to the world of the legal job market when he was photographed by Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York.

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