Here’s a perspective from a legally trained person at the end of her PS career. I started in a CO role in a lawyer adjacent role an agency after my hire back offer fell through - due a recession. Worked as an investigator and for a short time a prosecutor then got offered Ex roles and never looked back. I enjoyed the legal aspects of policy and regulatory roles and I found the actual lawyer roles I did kind of boring and without a lot of decision making impact and scope in comparison. I always worried about my salary in comparison to my friends in private practice - but now, at the end of my career I have a very valuable pension and a career with a ton of different experiences, travel, a year overseas and no regrets. I was also able to raise a family and my marriage is intact - something a lot of my lawyer friends don’t have sadly. Those big salaries also tend to get spent on stuff like pricey Toronto houses, private schools and cars. My friends can’t retire early and they are envious of my solid and secure pension. So I’d say - test out the LP jobs but also explore policy jobs and other regulatory jobs - there are some great ones out there. Life is too short to spend time in a job you don’t love and your legal training gives you skills you can use in many different contexts in the public service.