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work life balance, daily hours, stress, going abroad
the consensus online seems to be that lawyers, even from top NLUs have terrible work life balance
i wont work in a firm as those seem to be particularly stressful, im aiming for working in a foreign company through NLU placements
is it viable as a lawyer to move to the west?
my main aim for a career is time to myself, security, and going abroad
should i grind hard for a top nlu or do pcm instead