Wondering about life after law school? What challenges do lawyers face in crafting professional lives that balance work and personal life? What types of practice are most satisfying? How might the choices you make in the first years after law school influence what you do thereafter? How might your gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other personal characteristics intersect with professional opportunities and experiences? In this workshop, students explore what contemporary empirical research has to say about these issues and learn about the career choices, experiences and outcomes of Stanford Law alumni/ae. The goal of the workshop is to design and carry out an empirical research project — including surveys, focus groups and in-person interviews – on the career patterns of Stanford Law alumni/ae, highlighting the effects of gender, race, ethnicity, and other personal characteristics on professional experiences and outcomes. This workshop is designed as a multi-semester project. Students may enroll in one or more semesters. In the fall, the workshop reviews previous research on career patterns of lawyers; hears guest lectures on lawyers' careers by academic researchers and practicing lawyers; and designs survey questionnaires and other research protocols for an empirical study of Stanford alumni/ae. In the spring, students conduct surveys, focus group research and in-person interviews and analyze the research results.