As a new attorney, I figured being stressed was part of the job, or I must be doing it wrong. How many fictional characters do we watch on TV or in the movies who are attorneys who are stressed out of their minds? And, I don’t know about you, but when I polled every attorney I knew about why they became attorneys, all of them brushed off the question and told me not to follow suit and become a lawyer too.
Plus, haven’t you heard that joke when someone introduces themselves as a “recovering” attorney?
It seems the legal profession is synonymous with stress, adrenaline rushes, and burnout. However, it doesn’t have to be. Here are three areas of law that are relatively low-stress.
The second semester of 1L year can feel at times better, and at times worse than the first. On the one hand, you should have a better idea of what to expect and how to manage your work. On the other hand, your professors probably expect that you can handle more work, and at many schools, you may have an extra course to tackle. As the semester comes to a close, the increased volume of work and pressure of finals can start to feel overwhelming. Fortunately, there are a few things you can do to reduce your stress! 
In the decade between my college graduation and my first semester of law school, I worked as an actor in Chicago, often performing “heightened language” adaptations of literary and dramatic classics.