Law Students

The Green Monster: When Your Significant Other Is a Lawyer

By sintecho

The Washington Post has an interesting article on social psychologist Abraham Tesser's research on "how close friends and intimate partners who are engaged in similar work or activities compare themselves with one another." I can't even count all the couples I knew from law school who met in Torts, dated through Fed Courts, and were married (or engaged) by commencement. Now out in the working world, I see a rather significant number of married or engaged couples who met on the job, which makes sense given how much lawyers work--meeting other lawyers is easier than meeting a non-lawyer, and meeting people is the first step on the long road to a long-term commitment.

Tesser's research got me thinking, though. When you date someone in your career field, what can you expect?

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on March 04, 2008 (boomark / email).