Running Our Own Gauntlets
Gender is going to matter in your career. You don’t want it to, but it is better to come to terms with it early.
Gender is going to matter in your career. You don’t want it to, but it is better to come to terms with it early.
Law school prepared me to take the bar. Nothing had prepared me for breaking into the legal field while becoming a mother.
In recent years, AI has moved beyond speculation in the legal industry. What used to be hypothetical is now very real.
When your child is essential to your successes as a mother and as a solo practitioner.
Being a mom can become a marketing niche for you, and perhaps give you an advantage over more experienced attorneys who do not have children.
Each of us must choose what is right for us from the options we have available -- and it won’t be easy.
Motherhood can drive your success in other areas of the legal profession.
Enhance your legal skills to advocate for survivors of intimate partner violence.
Keep going. You can do it. She did.
How many moms can relate?
"I felt totally disrespected while I was pregnant."
* Tips from a Biglaw partner on balancing work and motherhood. [Big Law Business] * But not everyone thinks that Biglaw is conducive to balancing family life with work. [Law and More] * Which attorneys were most victorious at oral argument in front of the Supreme Court this Term? [Empirical SCOTUS] * Legal pot growers have a looming battle with the IRS. [Slate] * Is now the time to end the death penalty? [Guile is Good] * RIP, Judge Abner Mikva, whose career also included work as a U.S. congressman from Illinois, White House counsel to President Bill Clinton, and mentor to Barack Obama. He died this 4th of July. [Washington Post]
Those who’ve adopted legal-specific systems are seeing big benefits.
* Another GOP debate is over (did you get drunk?), and you know what was conspicuously absent? Talk about Wall Street. [Dealbreaker] * Is it even possible to balance motherhood and a career in the law? Anyway you slice it, seems like a raw deal to me. [The Atlantic] * There isn't much quality bestiality coverage anymore. Good thing there is this case of a farmer and his pig from 1642 we can talk about to fill that gap. [Slate] * Can you believe "The Roberts Court" has been a thing for 10 years? Here's a retrospective. [Constitutional Accountability Center] * The dislike button is coming to Facebook... and might put lawyers out of business. [Law and More] * Elie went to a fashion show, and it was everything. [Fashionista] * Carey Gabay, a lawyer in the Cuomo administration, passed away yesterday from a gun shot wound suffered before the West Indian American Day Parade last week. [New York Times]
What is going on when a fit of despair on the kitchen floor is such a “relatable” thing?