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5 Biglaw Firms Make Working Mother’s List Of The ‘100 Best Companies To Work For’ (2019)

Which law firms made the cut this year?

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For more than 30 years, Working Mother has released a list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For (i.e., companies that help women thrive and become successful in their fields). Each year, a few law firms manage to sneak their way onto a list that includes employers like IBM, Johnson & Johnson, and Deloitte. With companies like that on the list, we wonder how a law firm could possibly perform on a similar level.

In 2018, just two law firms made the list: Arnold & Porter and Katten Muchin. This year, five Biglaw firms made the list. Which firms are the best for working parents?

Before we name the firms on this year’s ranking, let’s take a look at the methodology:

The 2019 Working Mother 100 Best Companies application includes more than 400 questions on leave policies, workforce representation, benefits, childcare, advancement programs, flexibility policies and more. It surveys the availability and usage of these programs, as well as the accountability of the many managers who oversee them. All applicants receive feedback showing how they compare with other applicants; however, the names of applicants that do not make the list are kept confidential. Company profiles and data come from submitted applications and reflect 2018 data.

Congratulations to these firms for meeting Working Mother’s standard of excellence:

  • Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
  • Dechert
  • Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
  • Katten Muchin Rosenman
  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman

Arnold & Porter has been included in this ranking at least 15 times, and Dechert was the highest-ranking Am Law firm (No. 36) to make this year’s list.

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The American Lawyer provides some highlights from Working Mother’s findings:

  • The average number of fully paid weeks of maternity leave for listed companies was 11 weeks, compared with an average of four weeks nationally (according to the Society for Human Resource Management).
  • Fifty-seven percent of companies on the list offer the same number of weeks for maternity and paternity leave.
  • Thirty-one percent of women employees participate in a leadership-development program; 33% of their women employees participate in one-on-one formal mentoring.
  • Ninety-eight percent offer flextime, with 79% of employees using it; 99% offer telecommuting, with 54% of women employees taking advantage of it.
  • Seventy-five percent offer sick-child care, and 94% have backup/emergency childcare.

Once again, congratulations to the firms that made this year’s list. Can you think of a firm that deserves to be recognized, but hasn’t been? Feel free to let us know.

Working Mother Reveals the 100 Best Companies of 2019 [Business Wire]
100 Best Companies (2019) [Working Mother]
5 Law Firms Crack Working Mother Top 100 Companies List [American Lawyer]

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Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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