Realistic "side hustle" in finance vs. law?

I'm curious to understand if there are some realistic side "hustle" (not exacly 'hustle'), that you can undertake as someone that is in a bank or such.

For instance, what I have in mind is the model of lawyers that work somewhere but on the side they can also do some work for people they meet outside work-related context. This over time builds a sort of "small book" of people that come to you for any sort of legal issues because they trust you and you make some more money on top. 

Curious to know what would be some realistic side works that you can do as a finance professional (advisory may be one, but how realistic it is?). Any experiences?

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Law firms prohibit their lawyers from having side clients. They’re usually required to agree that all clients are firm’s clients and no legal work is performed for anyone not a client of the firm. Handling a house sale for mom and dad is probably ok, assuming you even know the relevant real estate law. But that’s about it and mom and dad better not be big mall developers.

 

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