Women’s Issues
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For Women In The Legal Profession, It’s Enough With Too Little, Too Late
It’s often too little, too late for many women lawyers — who through grit, determination, perseverance, and willingness to challenge authority — to receive the recognition they deserve.
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Shoulder To Shoulder To Shoulder For Women Lawyers
When I was admitted to the bar almost 50 years ago, there weren’t many female shoulders for me to stand on.
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Leaning Together: How A Work-From-Home Dad Made This Full-Time Working Mom Possible
Why is the choice to be a stay-at-home parent only one a mother can make? We work hard to make sure we are in this as a team.
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Sexism Rears Its Ugly Head At This Small Law Firm In The South
When you see things like this happening, say something.
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Separating Men From Women Isn’t The Solution For Sexual Harassment In The Legal Profession
Lawyers need a wake-up call, but this isn’t the right answer.
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Mothers At Law: Achieving Meaningful Success In The Legal Profession
Lawyers. Mothers. Us. All figuring out how to ‘have it all’ in our own way.
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What Do You Do When You Become The Statistic You Desperately Hoped To Avoid?
Most Biglaw firms are built on a business model that puts women, especially mothers, at a disadvantage. Small law firms are different.
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Forging The Path That Works For You
We get so caught up in following the path we think we should be taking that we sometimes forget to consider the path we want to take.
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How To Have A Maternity Leave With A Solo Practice
Be patient with yourself and you’ll realize that maternity leave won’t negatively impact you career.
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Why I’m Glad I Powered Through After Having Kids
Each of us must choose what is right for us from the options we have available — and it won’t be easy.
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For Women Lawyers, There’s No One-Size Fits All Work-Life Balance
Last Monday, the Delaware Supreme Court announced that it would push back filing deadlines in non-expedited cases from 11:59 p.m. to 5 p.m. in an effort to address work-life balance in the profession reports Delaware Law Weekly.
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Biglaw Partner Accuses Small-Firm Litigator Of Using Pregnancy To Delay Trial
No, a woman would not carry a pregnancy to term and bring a child into this world in a sick effort to delay a case.
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When it comes to helping women practice the profession, legal technology has done a lot.
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It’s disgusting when Biglaw partners behave like this and aren’t punished.
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Siri Thinks More Women Should Be Judges
In courts of emoji law, all judges are apparently women.
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Women lawyers, like women in politics, must keep pushing until we are heard.
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Can Solos And Smalls Afford To Offer Paid Maternity Leave?
Parental leave presents unique challenges to the tiny firm.
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Let’s Make The Legal Profession Better For Women — And The Society We Serve
All of us can make daily choices to improve the profession and thus better serve society.
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Beyond Biglaw: Closing The Pay Gap
There have been a number of articles that have sprung out of the latest report demonstrating a pretty significant pay disparity between female and male partners at large law firms.