“The Parent Track”
There was an interesting discussion on the Wall Street Journal blog The Juggle last week, inquiring, “When Dads Demand Flexibility Will the ‘Mommy Track’ Disappear?” The post begins, “The idea of the Mommy Track is well worn. Perhaps too well worn. The term has always bothered me, in part, because it leaves out the many dads […]
Tuesday Shorts: 1/22/08 (leadership, work/life, writing competitions, Blawg Review)
After a semi-brief hiatus, Tuesday shorts are back. This is a roundup of interesting things that have caught my eye but didn’t result in a full post. Duke Law Leadership Experience: Last Friday, I was privileged to be a part of the Second Annual Duke Law Leadership Experience . I served on a panel with […]
How big is your network… And how strong?
Have you paused to consider the full scope of who’s in your network? When I talk with law students, they often worry that they don’t have a network yet or consider their network to be composed of other law students and lawyers with whom they’ve worked or met at some event, and that perception may […]
Does leadership matter for lawyers?
Today marks the release of the first issue of the new twice-monthly e-newsletter, Leadership Matters for Lawyers. My conversations with lawyers have revealed deep interest in the topic of leadership. Law firms have initiated leadership development programs and bar associations have instituted Leadership Academies. Attorneys are reading (and writing) books that address how leaders are […]
Blawg Review #142: Letter to a new lawyer
Susan Carter Liebel of Build a Solo Practice LLC is the host for Blawg Review #142. Styled as a Letter to a New Lawyer, Susan has done a masterful job of delivering advice by using the titles of the legal blogs that have featured such letters this week. Here’s a short taste of this week’s […]
Letter to a young lawyer
Some months ago, Stephanie West Allen requested that fellow bloggers write a “letter to a young lawyer.” Susan Carter Liebel has recently renewed the request and I am delighted to join in, at last. To the new attorney: Welcome to the practice! You’ve learned much over the last three years of law school, and you […]
An 18-year path to partnership? Maybe…
There’s an interesting (quite short) article today titled, Law Firms Let Women Forge Their Own Way. The story centers on a Gabrielle Higgins, who recently made partner at Ropes & Gray and was “pleasantly surprised” to discover that 7 of the firms 10 new partners were women. And if that 70% figure isn’t striking enough, […]