Biglaw Perk Watch: Maternity Leave and Paternity Leave

Despite all the Biglaw bitching from unhappy associates, it’s generally agreed that the perks of law firm life are pretty sweet.
We continue our series of posts on the fringe benefits of Biglaw. From a reader:

How about a post on (paid) maternity/paternity leave and part-time schedule policies?

We already did a post on part-time policies. But we’re happy to dedicate this post to discussion of maternity and paternity leave policies.
This idea was seconded by another reader (albeit with reservations):

Eventually you may want to get into maternity/paternity leave policies, but I think the comments on that one may be a little out of control.

We’re guessing this reader was alluding to past commenter infighting, on the subject of parenting responsibilities and high-powered legal careers. See, e.g., the child care post and the part-time status post.
Vigorous debate is great. But this time around, please try to keep things civil. Thanks.

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