"Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009

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Introducing the Panelists: Workplace Flexibility
An integral part of the opt out discussion involves the "regular" "standard" work day, whether that means 9-5 or 8-8 plus checking your Blackberry at least twice an hour until you fall asleep. Another critical aspect of the discussion...
Introducing the Panelists: Defining the Problem
The main goal of the conference is to uncover what factors are influencing the choices of women lawyers in the workplace. The conference presumes a problem in the fact that women are leaving the legal profession and advancing in a noticeably different...
Posted: Feb 15 2009, 09:39 PM by jrennie
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Introducing the Panelists: Parenthood and Gender Roles
One aspect of the “Opt Out/Pushed Out” question that often gets overlooked is the “life” half of the (quickly becoming clichéd) phrase “work-life balance.” Yet what it happening at home is inextricably linked...
Posted: Feb 11 2009, 12:15 AM by jrennie
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Introducing the Panelists: Calling for Institutional Change
We can only discuss the problem, share stories, kvetch or despair privately, and negotiate compromises in our jobs, personal relationships, and other interests for so long before we realize that something larger must be done to address the institutional...