An ever-increasing effort by some of the nation’s biggest and most tradition-bound law firms to help attorneys achieve work-life balance has been recognized by some of the nation’s best-known newspapers.
Unlike many of their trailblazing counterparts a generation up, today’s young women lawyers—and at least a number of their male colleagues—don’t want to give up a normal family life for…
Many law firm associates are quick to complain about grueling hours and tough bosses, but the picture isn’t as bad as some make it out to be, if Jan 22, 2008 5:01 PM CST
A $1,000 prize is being offered by the Ms. JD law blog and the Project for Attorney Retention for the best essay of 1,500 words or less on work/life balance.
Increasingly, BigLaw firms reportedly are offering a variety of flexible options to allow women lawyers to make special arrangements they may need during early child-rearing years, yet still stay on…
College grads living in metropolitan areas who decide to have children before the age of 30 are bucking the demographic trend. That leaves the women who decide to have babies…
When she worked for a top corporate law firm in Toronto, Amy Arnott found the environment too competitive for her taste. So gave up the law to become a hairdresser…
A. Scott Bolden, a partner at Reed Smith in Washington, D.C., didn’t listen to his lawyers’ advice after an ex-girlfriend called him about his long-rumored daughter.
Although law firms today routinely offer part-time schedules to attorneys of both sexes, part-time law practice remains an unusual career choice and a largely female enclave.