From what I heard, it is now quite stressful and hours aren’t especially great. Also some of the work is quite routine and repetitive. So it’s not a walk in the park in the way people may have assumed it to have been before. But it is meaningful if criminal law or public service is up your alley. People in legal service are also immune from business pressures and clients which we all know is that far the most painful part of the work most of us do. And being in legal service allows you to truly develop yourself as an advocate if that’s your thing. Look at the fact that a number made senior counsel there. All that said, am told pay is so-so and you can’t expect to ever make top-tier EP pay. But I don’t think anyone joins legal service for the money and if you don’t think you’ll be an EP anyway, that becomes moot.


All of this is hearsay [though from sources I trust and am close to] so take from it what you will. Also feel free to question, critique or add to anything I’ve stated above.