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

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Guest Blogger: Deborah Epstein Henry
We are joined today by Deborah Epstein Henry, founder and president of Flex-Time Lawyers LLC , a national networking and consulting firm advising law students, lawyers, and legal employers on work/life balance and the retention and promotion of women...
Guest Bloggers: Jennifer Kohler & Brande Stellings
Today we are lucky to be joined by guest bloggers Jennifer Kohler and Brande Stellings of Catalyst . Ms. Kohler is an Associate in Advisory Services and Ms. Stellings is the Senior Director of Advisory Services, where she leads Catalyst's practice...
Guest Blogger: Phoebe Taubman
Today we are welcoming Phoebe Taubman as guest blogger. Her organization, A Better Balance: The Work and Family Legal Center , issued a report in June 2008 entitled Seeking a Just Balance: Law Students Weigh in on Work and Family . She highlights the...
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...
Equal parenting and breast milk
Sarah Waldeck writes a provocative piece called Milk for Concurring Opinions that links to some great recent articles about the relationship between pumping breast milk and the degree to which institutions are graded "mother-friendly." She takes...
Guest Bloggers: Chai Feldblum & Michael Teter
In this guest post, we welcome Chai Feldblum and Michael Teter. Chai Feldblum is a Professor at Georgetown Law and Co-Director of Workplace Flexibility 2010, an initiative supporting the development of comprehensive public policy on workplace flexibility...
Student Guest Blogger: Josh Lee
In the coming weeks we will be inviting several students to write posts from their own experiences or about things in the news. The post below is written by Josh Lee, a member of the Yale Law School Class of 2009 and a married father of two. Josh started...