First!

does 18 weeks mean that your billable hour requirements are reduced by 18 weeks (so instead of 2000 hrs/year, approximately 1300 hrs)?

Winston also gave 10 weeks of paternity leave to non-primary caregivers.

have any other firms begun allowing iPhone use?

Please keep posting these. My firm has not matched, and word is that management has decided not to. I hope that if enough of our peer firms match the 18 weeks, it will force our management committee to do the same.

"does 18 weeks mean that your billable hour requirements are reduced by 18 weeks (so instead of 2000 hrs/year, approximately 1300 hrs)?"

It means that you get paid for 18 weeks when you don't have to work. In addition, moms get 6 weeks unpaid leave after the 18 weeks.

Also, Winston's minimum hours are 1950, not 2000.

I thought they were merging with Heller Ehrman.

iphone may be cool but at&t isnt. verizon service is a must!

They may be above the law, but are they above the product placement? :)

I kid because I love.

Having had both the I prefer the BB for email, the iphone is more for its non-work features.

/fat fingers.

I would imagine there's no expectation that you'll hit your billables for the year, and consequently no expectation you'll get a bonus. Just be happy with the many many paid weeks to be at home with the family.

Why is this even on here, who cares?

Are you all retarded? Firms prorate the billable hours requirement and the bonus when you take maternity leave. This is so obvious noone bothers to mention it.

Winston used to require attorneys to buy their own Blackberries? That is SO TTT. It's bad enough we're chained to the office, but they had to pay for their own chain.

I just wouldn't buy one (and probably lose my job).

boo hoo...with the 160k associates are making, you can afford to buy ur own darn iphone. i'm just saying.

1:11- a friend working for Jones Day in California was under the same requirement: buy your own blackberry if you want one.

Where's the queer who always starts his post with "Guys in my high school used to..." and then put the subject line of the post, followed by "It was no big deal?" I'm surprised he's not all over this one.

Winston and Strawn to Wow Bao.

Guys at my high school used to make posts about queers who always start their posts with "Guys in my high school used to..." and then put the subject line of the post, followed by "It was no big deal" all the time. It was no big deal.

Seems weird that the old policy was you had to pay for your own blackberries but presumably you were required to carry one. I guess firms really vary wildly on their tech policies.

1:26, what are you, an insecure high school student in the '90s?

1:20, the point is, no one WANTS a Blackberry. No one wants partners to be able to email them with work, or even questions, at night or on the weekends. Having a Blackberry sucks, and that's why it's TTT for firms to make associate's buy their own. It's rubbing salt in the wound.

1:08,

False, but thanks for playing. Not all firms prorate your bonus.

um, 2:21, you are kind of retarded.

Not prorating one's bonus after taking maternity leave is a GOOD thing. The point was that that maternity leave does not reduce one's chances of getting a bonus because the hours are prorated. That's the universal standard. If some firms decide to exceed that standard, great.

Does anyone know whether parents-to-be are required to agree to come back for a certain period of time (like a year) after taking 18 (or 6) weeks paid leave? Just curious.

2:05 is a douche bag and a friend of the idiot who posted at 1:38.

1:18, it's not about paying for the iPhone. Its about it being supported, so that you don't have to carry an iPhone and a BB.