Biglaw Mommy

Law schools are in a unique position to provide guidance to young female lawyers, but how many have stepped up to the challenge?

Would job-sharing be better in Biglaw for working mothers over flex-time arrangements?

It’s truly amazing how much work you can get done in eight hours when there’s a chance that you won’t see your baby at all that day if you don’t hurry up and get home.

Thanks to the SCOTUS decision in Obergefell, Mommy Dear's daughter won't remember a time when we denied equal rights to people solely on the basis of their sexual orientation.

Being a mom is not all that different from being a Biglaw associate -- and this is not a good thing, according to Mommy Dear, Esq.

Why is it so difficult for working mothers to lose baby weight? Some thoughts from Mommy Dear, Esq.

Maternity leave isn't a joke. Please ask your law firm colleagues to stop treating it like one.

Are you a working mother with childcare issues? Here's a breakdown of all of your options, complete with pros and cons.

If you want to be a mom in Biglaw, you’ll just have to accept this new reality. You have to learn to resist feeling like a failure, accept your new constraints, cut yourself some slack, and adjust your expectations.

When we think about ways to improve the environment for working mothers, maybe we need to start with each other.

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?

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?

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.

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.

Maybe we should all embrace a bit more flexibility, and cut the working moms a little slack.