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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 attorneys. ---- Face the FACTS: Implement a Multiple...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 03-24-2009
Are Men Necessary?

Last year, in just about every law firm interview, I heard about women’s initiatives, generous maternity leave policies, flexible telecommuting alternatives, and part-time options. Almost without fail, the interviewer vaunted the brand new flex-time policy or insisted that he or she had time to...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 03-24-2009
Guest Blogger: Eli Wald

Today we are joined by guest blogger Professor Eli Wald. Professor Wald is Associate Professor at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. His academic interests include the American legal profession, legal ethics and corporate law. His recent research has examined topics such as the regulation of...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 03-07-2009
PAR's Report on New Partners

The Project for Attorney Retention (PAR) released its yearly report on the percentage of women in law firms’ 2009 partner classes, and the news is pretty grim. 14 firms did not make a single woman partner (Cadwalader, Cleary Gottlieb, Dechert, Foley Hoag, Kaye Scholer, Lowenstein Sandler, Milbank...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 03-07-2009
NYT: Why is Her Paycheck Smaller?

The NYT has a fascinating chart today called Why is Her Paycheck Smaller? It charts median weekly pay for women against that of men for dozens of professions and color-coded by type of industry. An especially salient statistic: female lawyers make, on average, 22% less than their male counterparts. The...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 03-01-2009
Student Guest Blogger: Alex Crohn

We are joined by student guest blogger Alex Crohn. Alex is a member of the Harvard Law School class of 2009. --- I was once told that the reason gay men and women have thrived so much in finance is because banks realized that gays were less likely to have families and would therefore be less distracted...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 02-24-2009
Equality for Women at Law Firms? Only 106 Years To Go!

Women have made up 40% or more of law school students since 1985, but in 1996, only 14.2% of partners at law firms were women, and the number rose to only 17.2% in 2005. And the percentage of women equity partners is even lower; firms include non-equity partners when reporting numbers. At this rate,...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 02-17-2009
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 and runs the Association of Law Students with...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 02-10-2009
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 and social hurdles that have the effect of discouraging...

Posted to "Opt Out" or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession? March 27 & 28, 2009 (Weblog) by jrennie on 02-09-2009

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