Which Biglaw Firm Has The Best Parental Leave Policy?
It may be difficult at times, but it is possible to be an attorney with a family while working at a large law firm.
How Is Your Firm’s Parental Leave Policy?
We're updating the only comprehensive summary of Biglaw maternity and paternity leave policies.
Schenck Price Competes Smarter With Lexis+ With Protégé
LexisNexis sat down with John Ursin, Managing Partner at Schenck Price, to learn how the firm is using legal AI to strengthen client service and daily legal work.
Biglaw Mommy: Women Of Biglaw, Unite?
When we think about ways to improve the environment for working mothers, maybe we need to start with each other.
Biglaw Mommy: Being A Junior Mommy
Is it possible for a woman to start a career as a junior associate in Biglaw when she just had a baby and still achieve some semblance of balance?
The Top 10 Most Family-Friendly Law Firms (2015)
Which firms had the best options available to both women and men? Let’s take a look at the latest rankings.
Free-Range Parents And The Law
If you actually read these statutes, practically anything you let your child do is against the law.
AI Is Reshaping Legal Practice—But Tools Aren’t The Real Differentiator.
Explore the mindset, cultural shifts, and training strategies that define the AI‑savvy lawyer, revealing why human judgment, standardized competence, and integrated learning—not technology alone—will shape the future of the profession.
Biglaw Mommy: Babies Are Not Happy Hour
Going to happy hour after work does not have even remotely the same impact, on a personal or a societal level, as Mommy Dear going home to take care of her child. Why keep fighting her on this issue?
Biglaw Mommy: Let’s Track Some Changes, Shall We?
Mommy Dear, Esq. can write column after column talking about ways to help working mothers, but if the boss doesn’t want to help, there’s not much she can do.
Non-Sequiturs: 04.06.15
* The law prof who sent anal-bead porn to her students is making headlines beyond the legal media. [Inside Higher Ed; Total Frat Move] * You've been served -- via Facebook. How do you "Like" them apples? [New York Daily News] * Making a federal -- or at least state -- case out of teaching yoga to schoolchildren. [ATL Redline] * Bad idea: taking someone's identity and accepting money on their behalf. (Or: the dangers of launching a startup without legal advice.) [Associate's Mind] * Also a bad idea (if the allegations are true, that is): a men-only golf retreat at a large law firm. [ABA Journal] * "Sperm Donor Scandal Lawsuit: How One Man with Schizophrenia Allegedly Fathered 36 Children." [People] * Getting revenge on a revenge-porn magnate: an 18-year sentence for Kevin Christopher Bollaert. [Los Angeles Times] * How can healthcare startups protect their intellectual property? [MedCity News] * Debt-saddled law students love free stuff -- so how about free membership in the ABA? [American Bar Association] * In addition to our April 23 reception, I'll also be doing an event on April 25 for Supreme Ambitions (affiliate link), to which you are all most cordially invited. [Seminary Co-Op Bookstore; Facebook]
Biglaw Mommy: Let’s Hear It For The Dads
Flex-time for the dads? Mommy Dear is all for it. And firms should be, too, because it just might mean that a Biglaw mommy can bill more hours if someone lets dad come home once in a while.
Filevine’s New Legal AI Platform LOIS Turns AI Into A True Legal Coworker
Legal work isn’t slowing down, and the firms that win won’t be the ones working harder — they’ll be the ones working smarter.
Biglaw Mommy: The Case for Flex-Time
Maybe we should all embrace a bit more flexibility, and cut the working moms a little slack.
Lawyer Moms Are Absolutely Terrifying
Lawyer moms are the real deal -- and they're scary.
Biglaw Mommy: Privacy Please
Biglaw, why not just let us lock our doors and keep working? We can bill and breastfeed at the same time, if only you’ll let us.
Biglaw Mommy: Flex-Time And Fire Drills
Real fire drills will always be there, and Mommy Dear always standing ready to put out those real fires. But she's getting burned out real quick chasing after smoke, and she have a baby to take care of, too.
The Life And Times Of A Biglaw Mommy
Mommy Dear, Esq. is currently trying to “have it all,” “lean in,” and sometimes even cook dinner. She is very, very tired.