{"id":5516,"date":"2026-08-20T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/?post_type=blog&#038;p=5516"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:38:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:38:35","slug":"the-law-partner-sabbatical-you-keep-meaning-to-take-and-how-to-get-round-to-it","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/blog\/the-law-partner-sabbatical-you-keep-meaning-to-take-and-how-to-get-round-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Law Partner Sabbatical you Keep Meaning to Take. And how to get round to it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time law partners come to me to plan their sabbatical trip, they&#8217;ve already made the decision to go away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I know of many cases of lawyers who are approaching eligibility, or have already reached it, but can&#8217;t quite carve out the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Career progression, schooling and closing deals are normally the key barriers cited. Then there&#8217;s the home admin, and the time required to plan a substantial trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The barriers are real, but not insurmountable. By identifying in advance the right time to take a few months off, committing to it with family and work, and getting the ball rolling early enough, the path to the time of your life can be relatively stress-free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By the time law partners come to me to plan their sabbatical trip, they&#8217;ve already made the decision to go away. However, I know of many cases of lawyers who are approaching eligibility, or have already reached it, but can&#8217;t quite carve out the time. Career progression, schooling and closing deals are normally the key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4795,"template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"blog_category":[158,221,164],"class_list":["post-5516","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","blog_category-sabbatical-advice-en-us","blog_category-sabbatical-tips-en-us","blog_category-sabbaticals-en-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog\/5516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/blog"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5516"},{"taxonomy":"blog_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linger.seargenius.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_category?post=5516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}